Re: I want to be able to type in the filename...

[Gábor Farkas <gabor z10n net>]

Toralf Lund wrote:
> Sean Middleditch wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 19:25 +0100, Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > Toralf Lund wrote:
> > >   
> > >
> > > > Can I change the GNOME fileselector behaviour so that I can type in 
> > > > the filename?
> > > >
> > > > This is a lot faster and (ahem) *user friendlier* if you know in 
> > > > advance what you are looking for...
> > > >     
> > >
> > > I have to second that. Also, how can i access files that are on an 
> > > automounted (nonbrowsable) directory?
> > >   
> >
> >
> > We don't want to display path names.  Having to understand the magic /
> > character (I know at least 6 people that call that "backslash") sucks.
> >  
> I think it could be done in a way that means you don't *have to* 
> understand it.
>
> Making life harder for the people who understand what it means because 
> some don't is what sucks, IMO. And I mean that as a general remark.
>
> Remember that "user friendly" doesn't (or shouldn't) mean only "easy to 
> learn" or "usable for the casual user." It  also means "allowing 
> experienced users to operate efficiently".
hmmm..somehow for me it seems gnome becomes less and less the ideal 
environment for developers... i wonder why..

it seems that now it's more important to gain new users than to keep old 
ones .. or things like that..

with all this focusing-on-the-not-advanced (read: one who understand 
what filesystem means) users, gnome is getting harder (slower, more 
cumbersome,inefficient) to use for experienced users (like programmers).

don't get me wrong.

i love for example all the simplification attempts...
but imho things should be improved in a way that does not make more 
experienced users slower. for example: why do i have to use the 
file-selector more inefficiently, just because i know what is a filesystem?

gabor