Re: [Usability] The eternal fileselector dilemma :)

[RUAUDEL Frédéric <ruaudel embl-grenoble fr>]

Hi,

Alan Horkan wrote:

> [snip]
> I too very much like the bookmarks concept.  
>  

Yes, I think bookmark is a very good idea too, but the problem is that 
I  have one or two favorite location for each application I use. For 
example, I have an "Images" folder for the gimp, an "OfficeDocuments" 
folder for OOo, a "Music" folder for grip, etc. What I generally do, is 
choosing the best bookmarks, then expand the browser and choose the 
appropriate subfolder but it is very very satisfactory.

So to solve the problem of bookmarking everything, it could be great to 
have bookmarks saved by applications and not system wide. I know that 
those who are new to computing will probably only need a 
"MyDocuments-like" folder where they will put everything, but as soon as 
you need to organize quite a little your files, you'll probably never 
need a bookmarks named "Music" when you save a OOo documents and 
vice-versa. So if your favorite application can show you your favorites 
places and only them, for the kind of documents it generates when you 
try to save them, it would be great. By doing so, you could place every 
folder you need in your bookmarks and avoid the need to expand the 
browser to choose a more specific one. And maybe for new user, the 
system can provide in the preferences a place to set a catch all folder 
(eg; MyDocuments) that could appear by default in every application 
bookmarks.

So I don't know if it is the fault of the filechooser that do not 
provide the API to do it or if it is just that application don't 
implement it, but it could greatly improved the "saveas..." dialog 
experience.

Best regards,

Fred