On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:41:24 +0100 > From: Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Usability] Pathbuttons-Field > > Hello! > > With the file dialog issues coming up again and again, I suddenly > had this idea to combine a textfield with path-buttons:
I'll try not to comment on this discussion other than to say I think many users will need to learn about Paths and the "trail of breadcrumbs" path buttons do them no favours in the long run. Also in recent use I have noticed that with long folder names the file chooser dialog is very cramped and I only get to see a button for the current folder and arrrows nullifying any of the benefits of the system. [<] [ My big long folder name ] [>] I'd be far better off with an small UP button (possibly one including a drop down to allow access to futher up the folder tree). I'm glad we experimented but I think we will eventually need to reconsider and drop the whole path button idea. I'll finish with a link to recent discussion where I asked Havoc about whether or not to expose paths: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2006-February/msg00064.html "What I'm saying is that right and wrong here is 100% relative to the decision on specifically what GNOME is doing for specifically which users." "If you debate some microdetail like whether to expose paths before making a decision on who and what, you're just going to waste your time and go in pointless circles." I don't disagree that we need to define our audience to make progress but Havoc and others have been mentioning personas for quite a while and no one has yet had the time or expertise to adequately decide who our target audience or audiences actually are. > I would like feedback and suggestions on possible next steps. Don't let me stop you from trying to improve the details of how it does work, despite my pessimism for the general idea no harm in improving what we've got. Sincerely Alan Horkan Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Dia http://gnome.org/projects/dia/ Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
