Re: ask for program to download link

[hendrik wouters <hwouters pandora be>]

Op ma, 16-01-2006 te 01:15 +0100, schreef hendrik wouters:
> Hi,
> 
> I firstly want to thank you all for creating such a fantastic browser,
> which allways acts as you want it acts, which is in many case very
> innovative: 
> Some things I really like about epiphany, which should never go away.
> No, I'm not talking about tabbed browsing or other stuff that a browser
> should have anyway:
> - the startup dialog when crashed previous session (even though
> epiphany doesn't crash a lot, but you never know :))
> - the menu that appears when to fill in forms automaticaly, which makes
> me able to choose between usernames (without having to click in fields
> of the form to get a list of username/passwords.)
> - the simple menu when right clicking
> - All the menus speak for themselves: not overfeatured, more features
> with plugins.
> - the overall intuitive simplicity, which it probably adopts from the
> gnome project.
> 
> 
> Just only one thing (and it's really the only one, in my opinion): 
> Imagine, you want to open an mp3 file with another program than totem
> music player (like xmms). 
> 
> Epiphany currently only has the option to open it with the standard
> program. So, the download dialog should have one more scroll down menu:
> choose a program assosiated with the file, and on the bottom of the drop
> down menu an option similar to `open with other ...', which should open
> a window similar to the 'open with'-tab from the properties window of a
> file (see also P.S.). 
> 
> 
> Just remember, it is only a suggestion as a poor computer user. You guys
> probably have to take more into count to get usablilty. Hopely my
> suggestion helps or at least gives new ideas to make epiphany even
> better, even though it's lonely at the top :).
> 
> Gr Hendrik.
> 
> 
> P.S.
> 
> Another suggestion for nautilus, not for epiphany, but it's related to
> the suggestion above (see "window similar to `open with-tab'"). I will
> send this also as a bug for nautilus: 
> 
> Currently there are two 'open with' windows in nautilus, which is
> confusing: you can get the first one from right mouse click menu (with
> the mouse pointer on a file' which gives a list of all the common
> programs on the system and an `open' button. The other is located in one
> of the tabs of `file properties'-window. I think the second should be
> replaced by the first (I also think the `open with'-tab should be
No, the first should be replaced by the second!
> removed from there, because It's not a property of a file, but of a
> `file type'): It should replace the `open with other program' option in
> the right click menu. 
> This new `open with' dialog (which I dream of) should add an
> `open'-button. The bullet selects the default application (that defines
> the action when double clicking on a file), and the selected entry
> should be the program to open the file with when pressing on `open').
> The `close'-button should be replaced by a `cancel'-button (in case the
> computer user changes his mind to open the file). This `open with'
> dialog could also be used in epiphany.
>