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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Should these bugs be fixed?
From:       weis () stud ! uni-frankfurt ! de
Date:       1997-06-03 8:21:27
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Hi,

On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Aaron Granick wrote:

> weis@stud.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > <BR>3) ability to make icons smaller (like a 'zoom out' feature 50x50 makes
> > > a big icon)
> > 
> > I hate reduced icons since they dont look nice. What about an entry
> > Icon=...
> > SmallIcon=...
> > 
> > If we dont have "SmallIcon" we can still shrink the bigger one.
> > 
> 
> Good idea.  I think this is what M$ does.  While we are on the subject,
> I have noticed that M$ Explorer evenly spaces all the icons, regardless
> of the filename length.  IMO, this makes it a lot easier to navigate
> (since everything is nicely ordered...KFM looks pretty jumbled if you
> have really long filenames.)

We need an algorithm for breaking large filenames into parts.
A solution is on the way :-)

> > > <BR>4) perhaps the ability to integrate a terminal line at the bottom,
> > > so that the user can type 'cd /usr/local/kde' and the kfm window will automatically
> > > change to that location. (Perhaps the kvt widget could be used here).&nbsp;
> > > This way 'power users' can have the best of both worlds and navigate by
> > > typing, but can still take advantage of drag and drop, file association,
> > > and cool looks.
> > 
> > I think minicli already does a nice job here.
> > 
> 
> How could I have used KDE for so long and not know what minicli is? 
> Where is this feature? How does one invoke it? What is it exactly?

Its on ftp.kde.org. Matthias wrote it.

Bye
Torben
 
> Aaron
> 
> 

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