Hi Shaun, On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 16:32 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
> > The entry is really broken. See "Bug 325708 - Typing a path in the filename > > entry does not work" (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325708) for > > details about the issue. > > Well, so, the entry is clearly labeled "Name". So as far as > I'm concerned, the user is trying to put a slash in the file > name. Technical limitations don't allow that, so we should > provide reasonable error dialogs or whatever. > > Now, of course, what the user was really trying to do was > enter a complete path. Why? Oh, probably because he's an > old-skool *nix geek that likes typing paths. I empathize > completely with him. I sincerely doubt he'll be any happier > if you put everything behind a file chooser button. Oh, you're right about that. The file name entry is still confusing, though, because it seems to work like the entry inside a file chooser, and it doesn't. I'd like not to confuse users, as well as I'd like to make the UI do exactly what they want. Ciao, Emmanuele. -- Emmanuele Bassi - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Log: http://log.emmanuelebassi.net _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
