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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: File-dialog weirdness
From:       Leo Savernik <l.savernik () aon ! at>
Date:       2004-07-29 19:47:29
Message-ID: 200407292147.31936.l.savernik () aon ! at
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Am Donnerstag 29 Juli 2004 21:26 schrieb Janne Ojaniemi:
> filename. Why not slightly alter one of those tools of navigating the
> filesystem in such way that it would be 100% clear where you enter the
> filename?

That's why "Save To" or "Save As" have been suggested.

[...]
> > It's only for path-changing. You cannot paste an URL with a
> > file-specifier there,
>
> I'm sorry, but that's just stupid. If you can't paste URL there, you SHOULD
> be able to paste URL there!

When pasting an url, it loads into the icon view the directory of that url. 
That makes perfectly sense. However, you cannot open a file there. This is 
intended. It is *not* a synonymous input field for "Location".

>
[...]
> And how exactly does "Location" tell the user "type the name of the file
> here"? Answer: it doesn't.

Therefore, "Save To" or "Save As" have been suggested. See above.
>
[...]

The discussion seems to run in circles. Let's settle on one of these 
alternatives, commit it when head is unfrozen again, and be done with it.

mfg
	Leo
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