Re: [Usability] The new file chooser

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 19:46 +0200, markus hammer wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 11:56 -0400, Dave Ahlswede wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 17:47 +0200, rkaa netcom no wrote:
> > 
> > > Not good enough. I have serialized filenames. I want to open the "next" file
> > > sometimes. It is one letter or digit off from the filename of a file i
> > > previously pasted. So I want to paste the filename and edit the one
> > > letter/digit and then click "open". I can't do that now. Major drawback.
> > 
> > My first instinct would be that pasting into the filechooser would
> > simply "warp" to and hilight the pasted file (or get as close to it as
> > it can if it's not a valid file) ; not load it immediately. If that's
> > the case, I don't see a problem
> 
> hey i got a better idea, let the user decide, by enhancing the file
> selector by a text-entry widget. 
> 
> (now thats not too hard isnt it?)
> 
> seriously - are there cute little puppies being killed by the mafia as
> soon the gtk2 file-selector gets an text-entry-widget?

The text entry won't be added again. If you have gripes against the file
chooser, explain what problems you encounter, rather than thinking that
adding a text entry will solve the problem.

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>