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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Konqueror: Open Location
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-06-28 23:24:04
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On Saturday 28 June 2003 11:59, Rolf Magnus wrote:
> On Saturday 28 June 2003 09:02, Brad Hards wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:35 pm, Andras Mantia wrote:
> > >   I have a mainly usability issue with Konqueror: Open Location and I
> > > think all the other browsers. I think the dialog shown when you select
> > > the Open Location is not needed at all and it's redundant. In Konqueror
> > > you can open a location by entering the location in the Location bar (so
> > > the lineedit in the dialog is duplicating this functionality), and if you
> > > click on the select file button, it will bring you up the standard file
> > > open dialog. Why can't the Open Location menu bring up directly the file
> > > open dialog? It will save you one click and a mouse move without losing
> > > any functionality. Just because other browsers have the same way
> > > implemented, I don't think Konqui should follow them. In Mozilla I see a
> > > separate menu for opening files, but it's also an overkill. In KDE Open
> > > File is the same as Open Location, due to the various kioslaves.
> >
> > For what it is worth, the first time my girlfriend used KDE was on my
> > machine to access the web. She picked up the keyboard (its wireless), hit
> > Ctrl+0 and entered the address she wanted. If Konqi had shown a file
> > window, that would have thrown her.
> > Now she didn't pick that up from me. I've never used that function. But she
> > is really proficient with a keyboard, and the other browsers she's used
> > support Ctrl+0.
> 
> She can still do that if the file dialog is opened directly.
> 
But it's really non-obvious that this will work. KDE is the only GUI where you
can type a URL in a file dialog, people aren't used to that ;)

-- 
David FAURE, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).
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