On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 12:33 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On 6/14/06, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/14/06, Kelly Clowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And returning to the original topic, I don't get the hate for the GTK > > > file picker. Given a choice, I will take the QT version, but ever since > > > I learned that you can just start typing a path, it hasn't bothered > > > me much. Of course, I also usually just download to ~/Downloads > > > and if it needs moved, I move it from the command line. > > > > Where the suckitude of the new GTK file picker really shines is when > > you need to specify that a file should be opened with a program in > > /usr/bin. Unless they've fixed that recently. I really don't like > > typing "/usr/bin/xine" and then waiting a minute for the "OK" button > > to become clickable. Well, perhaps not a full minute, but on a 1GHz > > laptop it's an excruciatingly long wait nonetheless. > > Oh yeah, I always forget about that because SeaMonkey has a > non-GTK path field for that (you can click on the "Chose" button > and get the GTK picker, but why would you, unless you forgot the > path or the name?). Yeah, the "waiting on /usr/bin isssue" is bad > and needs to be fixed. >
I run Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy) here (shame on me :)) and it takes long to load indeed, but I can select the app and click the "open" button while the contents are loading. This is in Gnome 2.12.1. Regards Philippe De Ryck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
