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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 8333] setting 'home page' is unintuitive
From:       michael papet <mpapet () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2006-03-01 1:31:05
Message-ID: 20060301013105.32690.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From mpapet yahoo com  2006-03-01 02:30 -------
"Currently we use the file manager (the KFM part) for FTP"

1. It looks just like every other mode.  This is a good thing.
2. Most users don't know AND don't care what's handling ftp on their PC.  Myself \
included.  What I like is it works as expected.  Enter ftp.url.good.com and I can \
click away as if it were in file manager mode.  Perfect!

"Our current setup lets you go to the web in the "file manager" and manage files in \
the "web browser." It may not comply with KDE's standard, it may not be "right" in a \
technical sense, but it's very familiar from the user's perspective and it will work \
for most users.

"users seem to think that web browsing and local browsing are different things"
Not really.  They don't really know and *really* don't care.  They want to apply what \
they already know. If they aren't sure, they just quit.  In this case, click on \
folder opens it is what they know.  They don't want to learn new behavior, see new \
user interfaces they don't know.  

We all know there are some bad GUI practices built up over the years, but enforcing \
"good" behavior (gnome?) and adding more buttons when so few are actually used anyway \
won't help very many users.


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