Re: Another view on file dialogs.
- From: Dylan Griffiths <Dylan_G bigfoot com>
- To: Gnome GUI list <gnome-gui-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Another view on file dialogs.
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 02:13:43 -0600
Christian Rose wrote:
> My only gripe with such ideas is that they are really nice ideas but a
> tremendous amount of hard work to make a reality. How many GNOME/GTK+
> programs are there out there that are dependant on the "file dialog"
> concept?
Yes. I'm not saying this is wrong, or anything. I'm just thinking ahead a
bit.
> Right now, my personal concern is that the current file dialog sucks and
> there should be done something about it, the sooner the better. That
> implies that there should be a functional redesign, not a radical new
> concept. But that might just be my opinion. ;-)
Yes. Once we have *good* file dialogs, we can turn our attention to the
foundation of the OS. Computers can do a lot of nifty things if you program
them to, and real world metaphors tend to limit you because the metaphors
are from the real world. By doing to a data centric interface, we can leap
ahead a bit in terms of usability. We'd add a central data opening and
creation tool, and augment the existing file dialogs with new meta-data
features. Sounds nifty? I hope so :)
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