Firefox "Save As" Dialog ?

[Chris Rouch]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:49:08 +0530
Rahul Sundaram <rahulsundaram at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> > I totally agree. The buttons are just wrong. A drop down list or a
> > tree with icons (c.f. windows expolorer) is a much more familiar
> > (and IMO functional) interface.
> 
> sometimes having a more functional interface important. have a button
> bar is new but better since you can click on any of these in an easy
> way compared to a drop down box. 

I too prefer functionality over familiarity, though I think you'll find
gnome developers mostly don't. But IMO the button bar is *not* better.
At best it doesn't look right, at worst (as another poster pointed out)
long filenames make it hard to use.

> if you just want a windows explorer
> clone then you have file manager that come close to that. if gnome had
> just copied windows dialog boxes people would have whined about open
> source not doing anything different or better

A lazy example perhaps. But I think it's a bad idea to insist on
something new just because it is new. If something is better than what
went before it is unlikely to generate the heat that this dialog has.
Maybe I'm in the minority here and there are hordes of grannies
migrating to FC3, and thinking to themselves how easy it all is.
> > 
> > I like the idea of having bookmarks available. But the list needs to
> > be completeley customizable, not just appendable. I have a CDROM
> > drive which is still included in a save dialog, even though this is
> > obviously inappropriate.
> 
> this should be considered a bug. bugzilla.gnome.org needs to know.
> 
If I remember I'll bugzilla it tonight.

> > No place to type in a directory name - unless you type control-L.
> > This makes interaction with automounted directories difficult (this
> > one is in bugzilla)
> 
> 
> gnome 2.8 allows to use find as you type, gnome 2.10 will have a open
> location dialog box in the context menu

Is this documented anywhere? I didn't know that and I only found out
about control-L from a mailing list.

> > Create Folder button opens up a text entry widget, but the folder is
> > created as soon as the widget loses focus rather than when <enter>
> > is pressed. Frequently I need to look behind the file dialog to
> > decide which directory I want to create and end up accidentally
> > creating a directory "Type your folder name here" (that's from
> > memory - I don't have an FC3 system here).
> > 
> 
> 
> again file a bug and suggest it. I have been thinking about the same
> too

Will do.

Chris