Re: File dialogs: Miscellaneous

["Michael T. Babcock" <mbabcock fibrespeed net>]

1) Name your files more appropriately by using your file manager and a
quick-view program on double-click.
2) "Must" ... disagree.  Maybe in a context option or clicking on the image
then on "Preview".
3) If the 'directory+file browsing' window were implemented as I suggested,
as a plug-in architechture shared with the file manager, plugins for the
file manager (like those shown by Eazel) would allow for a directory of
images to be shown as a gallery, with zoom levels or mp3's to be listed with
their id3 tags shown.  There is no reason not to display this meta-data as
part of the 'listing' just because we old-school people are used to seeing

-rw-r--r--    1 mbabcock mbabcock      61k Jul 11 02:04 cpq-rh61.patch.txt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Shutko" <ats@acm.org>


> "Michael T. Babcock" <mbabcock@fibrespeed.net> writes:
>
> > Previewing -> via extra window open (not part of dialog box); may be
button,
> > may be context item.
>
> If this is the case, the user must be able to open the window and look
> at the preview just by clicking on a file, without hitting extra
> buttons.  At least if the app specifies that.
>
> Reason being is that I find the preview absolutely essential when
> choosing pictures, which often do not have completely explanatory
> names.