Re: [Usability] Getting rid of Open and Save entirely?

[iain <iain prettypeople org>]

On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 01:04 +0100, Daniel Borgmann wrote:

> But why _another_ Nautilus window and even a dialog one? We already have
> browser windows and folder windows, that should be confusing enough. :)
> What's the real benefit of such a dialog over a real window?
> I experimented with an "Open Folder" item in my text editor and it seems
> very useful. See this screenshot to get the idea:
> http://liebesgedichte.net/Temp/scratch.png

Umm, (at the fear of dragging this on eternally)
"Open folder"...and ummm, then what?
Open folder...there's a folder open. great, thats useful.
What folder?
What do you do after you have opened the folder?
How do I load a file?
I don't want to open a folder
I want to open a file.
"How do I drag and drop???I can't use a mouse!!!"

Now do people see the problems?
let this thread die
We're not going to get rid of open save dialogs any time soon people
We need them.

*sigh*
iain
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