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Subject: Re: BeOS and KDE compared: screenshots of trash and file context menu
From: Uno Engborg <uno () webworks ! se>
Date: 2003-01-27 18:26:23
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On Monday 27 January 2003 18.18, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Monday 27 January 2003 16:33, Uno Engborg wrote:
> > 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.
But at that time direct the manipulation method I suggested was not available,
was it? The vast majority of users will not use the "Properties" dialog,
instead they will rename by direct manipulation as described above.
Regards
Uno Engborg
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