Re: [Usability] RFP: File chooser user interface

["Curtis C. Hovey" <sinzui cox net>]

On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 11:54, Alan Horkan wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Michele Campeotto wrote:
> 
> > > > > Any kind of arbitrary widget, hmm?  What is the use case of this besides
> > > > > a read only checkbox?  If there's just a few such things that we except
> > > >
> > > >   File encoding (gedit), file format (gimp)
> > >
> > > File format is also already part of the design (format filters - I'm
> > > ASSuming those will be part of saving, as well), so that's moot in this
> >
> >   I meant to include there also the settings some formats may have, such
> > as compression level, for example or format version (think about office
> > documents: Word 2.0, 2000, XP, StarOffice 5.x vs 6).
> 
> I really think this is best done by an options button to an advanced
> settings / export prefences dialog on the basis that this will be
> something that users wont need to change every time but still might want
> easy access to and take a small detour to the export prefernces as part of
> the workflow of the task.

I agree.  In many cases, format might be considered a part of the
document's properties, like author or comment.  When a document's format
is changed, a new document is usually created.  If we agree that export
is the correct scenario for changing a document's default/current
format, then it should be added to HIG to encourage it's consistent use.

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