"I am redesigning a custom file browser for an app." - In the name of user experience, stop right there, turn back, and don't ever think about doing that again. Reason? You may try as hard as you want now, but in a few years, new version of OS will come, improving the common dialogs, and your app's file dialogs will look outdated, and users will be annoyed that whole lot of features is missing.
For example, I often copy the path I need, and want to paste it into Vista's file dialog address bar, instead, I need to dig through the filesystem one directory at a time, because some smartass thought that subclassing WIndows XP dialog will bring his users the ultimate experience. It will not. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43919 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
