Re: [Usability] Copying a File to a Directory When a File of That Name Already Exists

[Phil Bull <philbull gmail com>]

Hi Sarah

We had a discussion in July of last year on how to improve the dialog
you're referring to. Please check out some of the comments:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-July/msg00136.html

I think Christian Neumair came up with a patch, but AFAIK it hasn't been
used.

I like the idea of having a preview of the files, but there are a few
issues. Previews for some file-types aren't very useful for
distinguishing between files (PDFs especially). Rather than (or in
addition to?) a preview, maybe we could have a link/button which opens
the conflicting files in their existing locations so that they can be
compared properly?

And if it's technically feasible (which I don't think it is ATM), they
could even be automagically arranged side-by-side by the window manager?

Just a few thoughts.

-- 
Phil Bull
http://www.livejournal.com/users/philbull