Re: First impression...

[Suboner aol com]

> [snip]
> 
> Most of the problems you had were with the distro, not GNOME.  I'm sure
> you realize this, but I figure I should just make sure.

I kind of figured, but I thought I'd list it in case some one else is having
those problems or someone else may ask those questions others can know what to
say.:)

[second panel opening]

> Curious.  I noticed similar behaviour once myself but I was unable to
> reproduce it.  If you manage to reproduce it submit a bug report on it.
> (see http://bugs.gnome.org)

Definetly.:)

> > this also helps me confirm what I wanted to do (copy or move). The last
> > suggestions I'm not sure if that goes to the gtk+ or to MC, but it would
be
> > nice to be able to use the click on name to rename trick, in the detailed
> > view, this does work in the iconic view. Next the icons don't all seem to
be
> 
> This is a gmc thing.

Ah, the reason I thought it was a gtk thing was because I believe win32's
common controls usually handle these kind of things.

[detailed view only shows folder and shortcut icons]

> Submit a bug report, see above for URL.

Are you sure its a bug, I mean I've only seen screen shots of people using the
iconic view so I don't know what the detailed view is supposed to show, and
not only happens in detailed view but also happens in the brief and custom
view (I'm using custom now BTW), I'll submit one though if you think it might
be a bug. :)

> > you click on the [+] or [-] icons/pictures in the folder hierarchy view,
that
> > it does not select the folder, so that the only way to select the folder
in
> > the file hierarchy view is to click on its folder icon or its name, and if
it
> > is already selected that it creates a rename box for the folder name.
Please
> 
> As I recall, windows explorer doesn't do this either.  If you click on the
> +/- it just expands/collapses but doesn't select.  I could be wrong
> though.

Oh, I probably worded it wrong, I meant windows does do this, its MC that
doesn't do this, and I like it, as there are times when I want to stay in one
directory because of a file and I want to copy move or create a link in
another subfolder that is unaccessible until I expand a folder, if I expand a
folder that accidently selects the folder (in MC) at the same time causing me
to have to quickly reselect the folder that was unselected by accident, so
that I do not lose focus of the files and what I'm trying to do, any way it
would be nice to have it :).

> > do not take offense to some of my comparisons to windows, at this point in
> > time I feel more comfortable using its filemanager windows explorer, but I
> > feel with a little work my productivity using Midnight Commander would be
the
> > same or even better.
> 
> Just realize that while the Windows way may be the one you're comfortable
> with now, it may not be the best one.  If you keep that in mind, you
> should be pretty safe.

It depends on what might be the best, I consider higher productivity in a gui
environment to be the best, other people tend to lean towards how something
looks, but as you suggest I will stay open minded on it. :)

[upper resize edge]
> This is a window manager thing.  What WM are you using?  If it is
> enlightenment, try switching to a different WM theme.

I'll check that out, although are most WMs the same or do they all work
diffrently that its hard to know if I switch to another one will I lose other
features that I might like?

[sliding feature]
> Better yet, add this and make it switchable.  I believe it's Word (or
> something like that) that allows you to pick from four styles of menu
> opening: Normal, Slide, Unfold and Random.

Hey, that is even better. :)

[key bindings]

Ah, I'll look that up, sounds like what I need. :)

> [Snip stuff on common libs/APIs]
> 
> They already exist.  They're gnome-libs and GTK+.  As far as 3d stuff is
> concerned I thought I saw an OpenGL GTK+ widget somewhere.  Not sure.

Oh, man your teasing me, do these APIs work with hardware acceleration in a
manner of drivers and such? I'd love to find this OpenGL GTK+ widget, although
I have no idea if it would be HW accelerated or not, it would at least give a
person a chance to be ready for HW accelerated OpenGL developement in gnome.
:)

Thanks.:)