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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Most used app for Open With...
From:       Art Carney <greencarrots () nospammail ! net>
Date:       2004-05-12 16:33:01
Message-ID: 200405121233.01534.greencarrots () nospammail ! net
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On Wednesday 12 May 2004 12:24 pm, Sean Lynch wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 May 2004 10:02 am, Dik Takken wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 May 2004, Davide Ferrari wrote:
> > > Simple and direct: what about implementing the most used app algorithm
> > > to sort also application priority in the "Open with" Konqui context
> > > menu?
> >
> > <snap>
> >
> > > Opinions?
> >
> > Yes, I think this is much more sensible than the current solution. AFAIK,
> > users can't currently change priorities, except for hacking the relevant
> > desktop files..
> >
> > There is a similar 'problem' regarding opening files embedded or in a
> > seperate window, when opening files from konqueror. Yes, there is a GUI
> > to set your personal preference but it would be nice if for example
> > konqueror asked the user to change the setting if the user repeatedly
> > chooses to open embedded while the current default is to open in a
> > seperate window..
>
> What if when you choose to open that file extension with another program
> than the default, it prompts asking if you want to set it as a default,
> with an option to no longer ask based on that file extension (in other
> words, if you say to quit bothering me when you use kaffeine instead of
> kmplayer for .avi, it will still ask about others).


There already is an option for that in the open with box. I don't think it 
would be wise to ask that question every time you switch the program. That's 
one of the most annoying things about GDM, imo.
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