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List:       konq-bugs
Subject:    [Bug 59132] New: "Open with ..." and "Preview in ..." should not be
From:       "Jürgen" Pfennig <info () j-pfennig ! de>
Date:       2003-05-29 22:30:16
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           Summary: "Open with ..." and "Preview in ..." should not be
                    separated, see .jar files
           Product: konqueror
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konq-bugs@kde.org
        ReportedBy: info@j-pfennig.de


Version:           3.1.2 (using KDE 3.1.2)
Installed from:    SuSE
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.20

Just think about being a normal user and being confronted with a java application. \
Such a user might get tempted to click on the jar file from inside a konqueror \
window. What happens now is very unexpected and clearly shows a design problem (and \
therefore it is a bug, not a wish list item)...

(1) User gets confused that the content of the jar file gets displayed as an archive \
- the expected action would have been to execute the jar file.

(2) Our brave user realises 'Oh! I just have to set "Open with ..." to call "java \
-jar" in 1st place' - But surprise: the menu entry already is there, but on second \
place. Why? ARE ALL KDE USERS HACKERS THAT ARE EVERY DAY DISASSEMBLING JAVA CODE?

(3) The brave user will also learn to close and to reopen the konqueror window \
(another bug report) before the new settings become effective...

(4) But still the jar content get shown as an archive. The "Preview in ..." takes \
precedence about "Open with ..." and our brave user will disable it (after some \
searching inside the dialogs).

(5) Now it works - a click starts the jar file (which should have been the default \
from the very beginning)! But ...

(6) The user became curious - maybe somtimes his role is the one of a hacker - but \
surprise! Now we have completely lost the preview functionality (the menu entry is \
gone).

------------------ SUGGESTION ------------------

Add the "Preview in ..." as  a pseudo action in the "Open with dialog ...". So it \
should be possible to retain the "Preview in ..." menu entry without being the \
default action for a right-mouse-click.

Yours J. Pfennig
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