Re: new file selector dialog?

[Archit Baweja <bighead users sourceforge net>]

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Hi

I believe that the file selector issue had been postponed till the Gtk+-2.2
release, to be exact. Am I correct on that one?

Archit Baweja


Michael Vanderford <michaelv cox-internet com> writes:

> On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 12:30, Rémi Cohen-Scali wrote:
> 
>     Pawel Salek wrote:
>     
>     >
>     > On 2002.03.07 18:56 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
>     >
>     >> > With the upcoming release of GTK2, I thought the file selector
>     >> dialog maybe re-designed...To my surprise its still the same in 
>     >> 1.3.15, why is that?
>     >> hmmm... that'd disappoint me a lot... I love everything I saw 'till
>     >> now
>     >> on Gtk 1.3 but Gtk 1.2's file selection dialog is anything but
>     >> produtive and user friendly
>     >
>     >
>     > I guess this is a question of taste. Actually, I like the present 
>     > GtkFileSelector quite much since it has convenient keyboard support 
>     > and tab expansion. So, IMO, it is quite user friendly and definetely 
>     > productive.
>     >
>     > The only problem I experienced so far was a tendence to "loose" the 
>     > filename when using the file selector for saving but I do not have any 
>     > "user friendly" ideas.
>     >
>     > -pawel
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>     
>     The Gnome File Selector Bonobo component has a location bar, a location 
>     menu, displays mime icons and it is lovely (IMHO).
>     Why it has been abandonned ?
>     
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> I agree. The File Selector should be "all encompassing" unless there is
> a special need
> for it not to be. Not the other way around.
> IMHO comparatively speaking in respect to other File Selection Dialogs,
> The one for
> GNOME is less than desirable.
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> Michael Vanderford
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