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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: RMB - once again
From:       Simon Edwards <simon () simonzone ! com>
Date:       2003-08-07 6:49:25
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On Wednesday 06 August 2003 16:33, Roger Larsson wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 August 2003 16.05, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 15:32, Daniele Medri wrote:
> > > Alle 14:57, mercoledì 6 agosto 2003, Waldo Bastian ha scritto:
> > > > > Nice idea but defaults should be that most people don't need to
> > > > > change them. And most people don't need "Edit file type".
> > > >
> > > > I think the functionality of "Edit file type" could be provided as 
part
> > > > of "Open With..."
> > >
> > > Waldo, why didn't put it into "Properties"?
> >
> > It could be there as well in addition to having it in the "Open With..."
> > dialog.
> 
> Properties:
> 
> Merging the tabs could lead to confusion

I would just have a button "Edit File Type..." to the right of the "Type:" 
line on the first tab. This button would then launch the 
"KControl->Component->File Associations" window/tab thingy with the relevant 
file type selected.

(Another small problem I have with the File Type dialog. When you launch it 
you get tiny dialog box that only edits the current File Type. Why don't we 
launch the real File Associations editor? Having two different looking progs 
for what ends up being the same setting is kind of redundant, but the real 
problem is that it's not entirely clear that it's really just the same thing 
and not just one thing using two different 'configurations'. Am I making 
sense? Personally, if I had it my way, KControl modules would never be 
lanuched without the full Control Center, just as a way to reduce the GUI 
"surface area" and to remove any confusion that these separate dialogboxes 
really are just parts of the Control Center...)

cheers,

-- 
Simon Edwards             | Guarddog Firewall
simon@simonzone.com       | http://www.simonzone.com/software/
Nijmegen, The Netherlands | "ZooTV? You made the right choice."

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