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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: gtk+ file selector mockups
From:       Marco Martin <m4rt () libero ! it>
Date:       2004-01-07 22:11:20
Message-ID: 3FFC8408.8030401 () libero ! it
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Luke Chatburn wrote:
> Hiya...
> 
> Firstly, I must admit to being happily attached to my KDE fileselector. To
> be honest, I don't think there is very much that can/needs to be done to
> improve it.
> 
> The point of the bookmarks menu duplicating the sidebar to a certain extent
> is fair. It does afford additional functionality for power users, and users
> who are used to web browser navigation will find it easier to identify with
> immediately. Overall, it's not in the way and isn't creating any great
Maybe it would be nice if it could be hidden/shown from the preferences 
button.
> confusion, by all accounts. I'm sure the OSNews OSXers/GNOMErs would object
> to having the spare button for anything less than 90% of users, but to my
> mind, it's not causing a problem, and honestly does not clutter the
> interface. With Crystal, in fact, it uses the star icon, which brightens up
> the interface somewhat. If you look at the GTK fs mockups, they are very
> utilitarian with almost no icons, no colour and no distinctions between
> areas of the interface. To my eyes, it's dull and ugly, but that's just my
> opinion. It is also my opinion that KDe does well with end users, because
I Agree, gtk is so... brown:)
> they see the fileselector and other dialogs and interfaces hour after hour,
> day after day, and anything that can brighten up the interface will likely
> brighten up the user too. You can say what you like about Windows XP (and I
> frequently do), but the new colour scheme, with the blue, green, brighter
> icons and cream/brown windows does make things a little less depressing for
> the daily user.
> 
> As for the editable location field, it really is useful, I'm afraid. Maybe
> catching the situation where the user enters the full filename and opening
> that peroperly would be more beneficial.
this would the best solution imho
> I think the only thing I would change about my KDE fs is the location
> drop-down and making that a tree view like Windows uses. Aside from that,
> I'm utterly content :)
> 
> Oh, and in presentability terms, I'd give the file entries in the selector a
> bit of padding( 1px/2px ), to spread them from the edges and each other a
> bit more. The density is just a bit too much atm. I suspect this has already
> been done for 3.2, though :)
> 
> -Luke


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Mart
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