Re: [Usability] multiple entries in "open with" menu and more...



On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 00:37 +0100, Tomasz Janowitz wrote:
> I am pondering if there is any legitimate reason behind adding application
> name entries to "open with" submenu in right click menu in a manner like
> this. I do as follows : normal click on movie file - mplayer launches. This
> does not have set option "-stop-xscreensaver" (this module is buggy IMO,
> that's why), so I right click on (large) movie file and "open with" ->
> "open with other application" and set "mplayer -fs -stop-xscreensaver".
> Next I want for example only "-fs" option for certain files, and thus
> reiterate last procedure. What I end with is 2 indifferent menu objects
> called "mplayer". And I have no idea (from the usability stand point) which
> one does what (since the options, while fully functional, are not visible
> at all).

One reasonable solution might to have a tooltip which has the list of
options, but that is a bit ugly.

I run into this problem with totem and ogg files. Sometimes I want to
just play them, sometimes I want to enqueue them (via totem --enqueue).
Perhaps the best solution is to fix totem so that it adds an Enqueue
entry to the menu for files that it is associated with.

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Michael R. Head <burner suppressingfire org>
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