Re: Gnome File chooser complains

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 13:09, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 08:23, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> > Users don't normally need to go above their home folder in the
> > hierarchy. 
> 
> Oh really? Our users (hundreds of them) usually have to access sample or
> exam files that are outside their home directory. (While some may be on
> external mounts, many are not.)

a) Where then are these files?
b) Why not just add a bookmark to all users' file selector to the
necessary location?  (That being the point of bookmarks, of course - so
you don't _have_ to navigate all over the place for no truly good
reason.)

> > 
> > > - The Add/Remove buttons are not easy to understand. Now I know what
> > > they do because I've asked.
> > 
> > What do you suggest we do to fix them?
> 
> Selecting a folder and typing "delete" should remove it, and you should
> be able to add directories by dragging them there from the list on the
> right.

Drag and drop should definitely work.  Typing out commands should _NOT_.
Aside from that being 100% non-discoverable, there's also the problem
that type-ahead find (a requested feature, and something I believe it
already partially implemented) for a file named 'delete' (yes, I have
some) would do something evil.  And there's no reason to delete a file
in the file chooser.  The file chooser is for choosing files.  If you
want to manage your files, use a file manager.

> 
> And why I can't reorder them...?

Bug/missing features.  There's already a bug filed about this, iirc.

> 
> Andreas
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
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