His site seems down, but looking through Google's cache I have a comment: Renaming file extensions causes file type change:
I don't like the way Windows uses file extensions to determine filetype. I think it is much more useful to have the system figure out what filetype it is. Windows ended up providing users with a means of hiding file extensions and we all know how that turned out. I love being able to send a .exe file through my exchange server's filter simply by renaming it .txt. Changing types though could be useful - I use nautilus's script to resize images for example. Being able to do that in the properties or by right-clicking is an interesting idea. I suppose the same could be done for filetypes as well, to a limited extent. I'm not sure if there is a frequently used use case there or not though. Kirk David wrote: > Dear All, > > I am not sure if you have seen this article (apparently it appeared on > SlashDot). > http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ > > The reason I am mentioning it on the usability list is that he has many ideas > for the utilisation of pop-up dialogues that appear not to be too intrusive. > The idea of mail new message preview is a large usability gap, due to the > time it takes users to switch back and forth between the app they are using > and Evolution to determine if a message is improtant or not and the > interruption to workflow this entails. > > Progress notifications, information about multimedia codecs and automatic > music pause would all lead to a more intuitive systemi. > > The comments about displaying more relevant data in Nautilus are also worth > taking on board. > > All in all, these are some of the best practical suggestions I have seen for > a long time. I hope they provide deveopers and usability experts with food > for thought. > > Thanks, > > Sarah > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
