On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 10:37 -0400, Frank Huang wrote: > 1. There should be an option to open directories in the same window. I > know the 'always open in browser windows' option does this, but I > don't think that's clear enough.
Part of the 'spatial' properties of a window is its position, so I suspect some people would argue that it would break the spatial model. On the other hand, I supposed you could argue that 'open in same window' is just a shortcut for closing the parent, opening the new folder in its last-remembered position, and dragging it to the position and size of its parent... but I doubt many people would buy that :) > 2. In the file manager, when you click+drag files to another > window/another directory, it just moves the file without giving you a > choice of 'move', 'copy', or 'link'. There should be a popup menu that > does that. There is, if you drag with the middle button, or use Alt+Drag. > 3. (minor aesthetic thing) - In file manager's 'display as icons' > mode, the icons should line up (like, in a grid fashion). Or provide > an option that does that. They do for me... do you maybe have View->Arrange Items->Manually turned on? > 4. There should be a textbox that allows you to enter in a custom directory. There is, but it's hidden behind Ctrl+L. > 5. When you double-click to go into a folder, the first directory in > that directory is automatically selected. Now, that's cool, but when > you click 'open' at the bottom, it opens that selected directory > instead of using the current directory. This is annoying in apps like > File Roller, where you cannot extract files to a directory that > contains other directories because of this. Can't say I've encountered this problem myself, but certainly sounds like a usability issue if it's true. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Java Desktop System Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
