Re: [Usability] [Yet Another] New File Chooser Design

[Maurizio Colucci <seguso forever tin it>]

On Wednesday 25 February 2004 07:46, Luke Hutchison wrote:
> Here is a proposed design for a File Chooser with a menu bar :o)
>
>   http://rivit.cs.byu.edu/~lukeh/filechooser/index.html
>
> Adding a menu bar to the File Chooser dialog significantly simplifies
> the UI, 

It may simplify the looks of the UI, but I'm not sure about the usage...

> and it seems to yield a design that is more in keeping with the 
> spirit of the HIG, as well as making Open/Save dialogs more consistent
> with Nautilus UI design.

I believe you should explain what do you think are the advantages of your 
redesign, what tasks it improves and how.

And maybe you could be interested in this: 

http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/basics/badInterface.html 

Maurizio