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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Dealing with files in Konq
From:       John Firebaugh <jfirebaugh () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-05-25 2:01:58
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On Friday 24 May 2002 2:38, Michael W. Collette wrote:
> Couple of usability issues I keep finding myself zung with that I thought
> I'd go and rant about a little bit here.
>
> File Renaming
> -------------
> This one you just have to try for yourself to appreciate it.  Hi-lite a
> file, and press F2.  You don't actually have to rename anything here, just
> move the cursor keys right and left.  Now that you're done editing, press
> Enter. Everything is cool so far.  To edit the file below, press your down
> arrow.
>
> Now you get the ghost of a hi-lite moving through your list.  If there's
> some way without grabbing for the mouse to get the ability to edit more
> file names, it's about as non-intuitive as it could be.
>
> File Copying/Moving
> -------------------
> I may be remembering this wrong.  Please advise if this is the case.  In
> KDE 2.2.2 when you were moving a stack of files into a directory and one of
> those files had a duplicate name, Konq would prompt the user for a rename
> or skip. KDE 3 seems to have dropped that, falling back to a more Explorer
> like action where no options are provided.  Just an error dialog, and the
> operation is cancelled.
>
> It seems like an obvious point to me, but the KDE 2.2.2 actions were far
> preferrable in this regard.  Is anyone in this list aware of why Konq got
> dumbed down?

No, both of these are just plain bugs, not really usability deficiencies per 
se. They are both supposed to work as you describe.

-John
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