On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 04:00:59PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 16:31 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Tom von Schwerdtner wrote: > > > > > > Type "Control-L" to open a "Location" dialog with tab-completion. This > > > > also works in spatial Nautilus windows. > > Well thanks for the hint which makes things slightly better even if I > > seen absolutely no reason to hide such a feature. If you ask me it is > > a) bad design > > b) does not work reliable in any case - sometimes it does not expand > > directories (can't find out a rule yet, will keep an eye on it) > > or moves the focus around > > > > > "Control-F" is also good for finding a file/directory in the currently > > > viewed directory. > > Thanks for the further hint. Gnome people seemed to have done a great job > > in hiding very nice features. > > > > > -Tom, who absolutely loves the new file dialog > > You people changed my view a little bit but I stick on my opinion that > > hiding features people are comfortable with is bad. > > The point is to hide features that only power-users will use. Let me > know when you see someone on a Mac or Windows using tab completion, > right? ;)
Bah, tab completition is not a power user thing, it is a basic feature, and should be enabled by default. Friendly, Sven Luther
