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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    File-dialog weirdness
From:       Janne Ojaniemi <janne.ojaniemi () nbl ! fi>
Date:       2004-07-27 16:55:18
Message-ID: 200407281958.17336.janne.ojaniemi () nbl ! fi
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I had an interesting chat with my wife just now. Her primary OS/UI is 
Linux/KDE these days, earlier she has used Windows and she knows her way 
around it. I was teaching her on how to use KDE, when we came along the 
file-dialog. She was extremely confused by it, not knowing where you 
determine the name of the file you wish to save. I told her that "it's over 
that which says "Location"". Her reply: "Why does is say location, when you 
really use it to determine the filename, and not the location?". And that is 
a VERY good question!

Yes, I know that you can use it to tell the path to the folder. But the 
primary use for is it determining the filename, IMO. You can browse for the 
location elsewhere in the file-dialog, so why do we need to confuse 
novice-users like this? You can use the "Location" textbox for determining 
the location, but there are other means to do the same thing, whereas there 
is no other way (AFAIK) to determine the filename. Therefore I suggest that 
the substitute "Location" with "Filename". That would be a lot easier for 
novices, and it would be a lot better at describing the primary function of 
the textbox.

What do you say? I'll file a bug-report if need be.
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