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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: BeOS and KDE compared: screenshots of trash and file context menu
From:       Eric Ellsworth <whalesuit () softhome ! net>
Date:       2003-01-27 18:00:19
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> > Another thing that could be removed from the context menux is the
> > "Rename" item. This could  be done by direct manipulaton of the text
> > instead. I.e. select the file you want to rename, then make it possible
> > to click the text of the selected file to select the filename text,  then
> > write the new name. This is how the majority of the windows users do to
> > rename files (even though windows actually have a "Rename"  menu item). 
> > In KDE we could use the "Properties" dialog if we want some other way to
> > rename files.
>
> I believe we had it like that originally (via properties dialog) but then
> people couldn't figure out how to rename a file.

I second that emotion... In order to rename through properties, you have to 
understand the name is a property of a file - i.e., like a programmer.
Most users don't think that way.  While it's good to have the name changeable 
through properties, we need a specific path to renaming...

EE
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