Posted by: Administrator
on June 01, 2004 05:51 AM
I never said entering the filename was non-intuitive, I said entering the full path was non-intuitive. You or I may remember the full path and file name for a file in question, but most users will browse the directory looking for the appropriate file, especially using long file names.
On the other hand, none of us (the original reviewer, myself, yourself) investigated this file open dialog box much. The original reviewers complaint seems tied directly to the gedit open dialog, which is different from the one which say The Gimp or OpenOffice use. As I never use gedit, I had to launch it particularly to see the behaviour he described, and that behaviour is a pain. But gVim, OpenOffice, FireFox, etc, all use a file open dialog that allows for the entry of the full path plus the file name, or even a relative path plus the file name. This addresses both your concerns; the real limit in this instance was the reviewers attachment to gedit.
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Posted by: Administrator on June 01, 2004 05:51 AMOn the other hand, none of us (the original reviewer, myself, yourself) investigated this file open dialog box much. The original reviewers complaint seems tied directly to the gedit open dialog, which is different from the one which say The Gimp or OpenOffice use. As I never use gedit, I had to launch it particularly to see the behaviour he described, and that behaviour is a pain. But gVim, OpenOffice, FireFox, etc, all use a file open dialog that allows for the entry of the full path plus the file name, or even a relative path plus the file name. This addresses both your concerns; the real limit in this instance was the reviewers attachment to gedit.
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