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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: New File Selection Dialogs
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2004-05-31 8:44:27
Message-ID: 40BAF06B.209 () leese ! nl
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Jamethiel Knorth wrote:

> I have put together designs for a new set of file dialogs. They're not 
> massively different, but there are a lot of changes. The good version 
> is at:
>
> http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~abreschm/designs/file_selector/index.html
>
> and a short version is at:
>
> http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~abreschm/designs/file_selector/short.html
>
> and some background on what other file dialogs do is at:
>
> http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~abreschm/designs/file_selector/background.html
>
> Check it over. There are issues, even some that I can see in a quick 
> review. This was prompted by the mock-ups I was making for my 
> searching idea.
>
> The main changes would be:
>
> * New quick-access panel


.. which leaves no room for the users own shortcuts. The shortcut bar 
can't hold many entries, so it's not a good idea to just randomly place 
anything that might seem useful there.

>   - Search bar

This could be a button instead perhaps? OTOH having it inline makes it 
more accessible. But wouldn't it ideally be located next to the 
addressbar, or directly above/below the filesystem view?

>   - Dynamic devices list

What are the chances that the user has so many devices that they don't 
all fit in the open file dialog? Pretty big I think.

>   - Dynamic list of recent locations

What about the length of a path? What are the chances that these are too 
long for the dialog? "/home/wvl/downloads" already gets cuts off, this 
is only one deep after my home folder..

>   - New bookmark system

Bookmarks, Shortcuts..

Why aren't these two being merged instead? Bookmarks will then contain a 
few defaults (the shortcuts in the Shortcut bar). Needs some thought 
aswell..

> * Better configuration system
> * Better preview field
>   - Show large icons, rather than blanks for many files
>   - Show metadata information

Might want to put a seperator between the icon and metadata.

  -- William
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