Re: Usability of the GTK+ 2 file open dialog

[Frank Naumann <fnaumann boerde de>]

Hello!

> > No, that's not right. Every 'normal' windows user will complain if an
> > application don't use the system fileselector today. Sorry, but
> > using the native file selector is the expected behaviour.
>
> Sorry, but this is BS.  Stop pretending all MS Windows apps
> use the very same file open dialog, that is just not true.
>
> Quite a few native MS Windows apps do not use the stock file
> open dialog, or maybe it is the stock dialog, but extended
> [...]

Ok, I correct me: I mean a fileselector that looks and behave like the 
system fileselector is the expected behaviour on WIN32 ... (for me this is 
just a technical detail if it's the system dialog or a self made that 
look and behave similiar).

The user don't see this and even don't know what a system fileselector 
is (or a self made and the differences between). The user just want to 
use the app and he expect that the applications behave equally for basic 
operations like selecting a file (you can ask a Mac user what he expect 
from applications under MacOS-X; I'm sure he don't answer he want to get 
a fileselector that look and behave like the WIN32 one).


Regards,
Frank