Re: Directories/Files

[Geoff Reedy <vader21 imsa edu>]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 10:18:14AM +1000, Nathan Hurst <njh@hawthorn.csse.monash.edu.au> said
> 
> I've often wondered why the file open stuff was different to the gmc stuff
> - on the mac it was the same, why was the File Open dialog different to a
> Finder window?
> 

AFAIK Windows 95 and later are the only operating systems to use the same
component for opening/saving a file as the default filemanager, and there are
some problems with this.  For a case study on the UI design of the Windows 95
common file dialogs look at http://www.iarchitect.com/file95.htm  
Common dialogs are nice, but they must be implemented properly.

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Geoffrey Reedy                                       vader21@imsa.edu

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