On 1/11/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wim De Smet said...
> On 1/11/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But that's my point, really: why continue to clone TC, when there are so
> > many additional functions out there on other tools that leave TC in the
> > dust? If devs stick their head
Cybe R. Wizard said...
> marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > > But I don't know what you mean by the two pane setup sentence.
> > > Krusader has that by default.
> >
> > As I said, I use Krusader, but its limited layout options is a good
> > example of what not to do, imo. IOW, a good example t
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> I really don't need the little pictures in front of the file names. Does
> anybody?
Sure. The typical user GNOME wants to target does. They don't know enough
to properly add extensions to their file names without coaxing by the
applications, and th
marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > But I don't know what you mean by the two pane setup sentence.
> > Krusader has that by default.
>
> As I said, I use Krusader, but its limited layout options is a good
> example of what not to do, imo. IOW, a good example to learn from.
Have any of you trie
On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 15:53 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> [...]
>Seems like the problem is getting mime type (as mentioned here
> before) or something of that nature...
>
> erik
It would be nice if it was possible to turn this "feature" off.
I really don't need
Sven Arvidsson wrote:
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 00:27 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
it takes few minutes to open /usr/bin here (almost no load on
machine), next time (I assume cache helps a lot) it takes 10-20 seconds.
system:
debian unstable
icedove 1.5.0.9.dfsg1-1
pentium 2.4 GH
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On 01/11/07 14:52, marc wrote:
> Wim De Smet said...
>> On 1/11/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
>> I think what you should really do right now is scratch that
>> itch and build your own file manager.
>
> LOL The cry of the true conservative
Wim De Smet said...
> On 1/11/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But that's my point, really: why continue to clone TC, when there are so
> > many additional functions out there on other tools that leave TC in the
> > dust? If devs stick their heads in the sand and ignore developments then
> >
On 1/11/07, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But that's my point, really: why continue to clone TC, when there are so
many additional functions out there on other tools that leave TC in the
dust? If devs stick their heads in the sand and ignore developments then
things will atrophy. In fact, in th
Andrei Popescu said...
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:32:08 -
> marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > For me Opus 8 is too bloated.
> >
> > Bloated is one of those spurious apparent criticisms that doesn't
> > mean anything, though. In any case, why would anyone translate the
> > "bloat" when por
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:32:08 -
marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For me Opus 8 is too bloated.
>
> Bloated is one of those spurious apparent criticisms that doesn't
> mean anything, though. In any case, why would anyone translate the
> "bloat" when porting functions to Linux?
Maybe I misus
Nyizsnyik Ferenc said...
> On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 14:47 +, marc wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > In passing, I'll mention that the Windows' file manager Directory Opus 8
> > [1] is something that the Nautilus, Konqueror and Krusader folk should
> > examine. If Linux could get close to just its two pane
Andrei Popescu said...
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:47:52 -
> marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Erik Steffl said...
> > >Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's
> > > the one used to pick application when opening an attachement and
> > > downloading files (it's proba
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:47:52 -
marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Erik Steffl said...
> >Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's
> > the one used to pick application when opening an attachement and
> > downloading files (it's probably used in other places as well).
>
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 14:47 +, marc wrote:
> [...]
> In passing, I'll mention that the Windows' file manager Directory Opus 8
> [1] is something that the Nautilus, Konqueror and Krusader folk should
> examine. If Linux could get close to just its two pane setup, I would be
> a happy man. Add
Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Kent West, 10.01.2007 17:44:
>
>> I thought it was a problem in iceweasel, but I can not now recreate the
>> problem there. But I can recreate it in icedove, version 1.5.0.9 (20061220).
>>
>> Steps:
>> * Receive an email with an attachment.
>> * Double-click on the atta
Liam O'Toole said...
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:47:52 -
> marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > In passing, I'll mention that the Windows' file manager Directory
> > Opus 8 [1] is something that the Nautilus, Konqueror and Krusader
> > folk should examine. If Linux could get close to
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:47:52 -
marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> In passing, I'll mention that the Windows' file manager Directory
> Opus 8 [1] is something that the Nautilus, Konqueror and Krusader
> folk should examine. If Linux could get close to just its two pane
> setup, I would be
Hello Kent.
Kent West, 10.01.2007 17:44:
> Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 09:20 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>>
>>> Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>>>
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 02:02 +1100, Geoff Reidy wrote:
> It's awful, if I just type in "/usr/bin" I get "/usr/src//bi
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 10:44 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> I thought it was a problem in iceweasel, but I can not now recreate the
> problem there. But I can recreate it in icedove, version 1.5.0.9 (20061220).
>
> Steps:
> * Receive an email with an attachment.
> * Double-click on the attachment.
> * S
Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 09:20 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>
>> Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 02:02 +1100, Geoff Reidy wrote:
>>>
>>>
It's awful, if I just type in "/usr/bin" I get "/usr/src//bin" because
of it's autocompletion, so y
On 1/10/07, Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wim De Smet wrote:
... gnome file chooser discussion snipped ...
> indeed very annoying) but I don't think it's open()ing every file in
> those directories. This would require an ordinate amount of processing
> power not to mention disk I/O which
Erik Steffl said...
>Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's the
> one used to pick application when opening an attachement and downloading
> files (it's probably used in other places as well).
>
>The dialog has two parts - left part has shortcut to user home dir,
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 00:27 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
>it takes few minutes to open /usr/bin here (almost no load on
> machine), next time (I assume cache helps a lot) it takes 10-20 seconds.
>
>system:
> debian unstable
> icedove 1.5.0.9.dfsg1-1
> pentium 2.4 GHz
> 1G
Wim De Smet wrote:
... gnome file chooser discussion snipped ...
indeed very annoying) but I don't think it's open()ing every file in
those directories. This would require an ordinate amount of processing
power not to mention disk I/O which I'm just not seeing.
it takes few minutes to open /u
On 1/5/07, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wim De Smet wrote:
> You're saying two things here. First you're saying it open()'s every
> file you come across, then you say it lists every directory. I've
> noticed it does list all files in a directory on the path you type
> (which on a system w
Wim De Smet wrote:
> You're saying two things here. First you're saying it open()'s every
> file you come across, then you say it lists every directory. I've
> noticed it does list all files in a directory on the path you type
> (which on a system with sufficient ram only goes slow once but is
> in
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 11:42 -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
> Could you list some advantages that counter the "Requires three times as
> many clicks as all other file pickers" problem? Oh, and the "displays
> information in tiny subwindows that don't relate to each other in obvious
> ways" problem? Or th
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 05:38:15PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> I don't really like the concept of file pickers at all, but as far as
> they go, the GNOME one is probably one of the best ones I've used.
Could you list some advantages that counter the "Requires three times as
many clicks as all
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 08:43 -0700, Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
> On Friday 05 January 2007 08:02, Geoff Reidy wrote:
> > Googling gnome file picker gives you a fair idea what people think of
> > it. But wait, I just found a way to stop iceweasel using it, add this to
> > user.js:
>
> The GNOME file
On 1/5/07, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007, Wim De Smet wrote:
> To be honest, I actually like it. The newest incarnation of it anyway.
> I think all those hits you'll come up will be at least partly based on
> the older one, which had a bit too many big
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 09:20 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 02:02 +1100, Geoff Reidy wrote:
> >
> >> It's awful, if I just type in "/usr/bin" I get "/usr/src//bin" because
> >> of it's autocompletion, so you have to type slowly and watch what it's
> >> d
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007, Wim De Smet wrote:
> To be honest, I actually like it. The newest incarnation of it anyway.
> I think all those hits you'll come up will be at least partly based on
> the older one, which had a bit too many big buttons and a bit too
> little functionality.
No, you got it wrong
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007, Geoff Reidy wrote:
> Personally I don't like the way gnome is going but it's their baby and
> they can do what they want with it, a lot of people do like it so they
> must be doing something right.
A lot of people have a small number of files in their directories, and a
ridicu
On 1/5/07, Wesley J. Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Friday 05 January 2007 08:02, Geoff Reidy wrote:
> Googling gnome file picker gives you a fair idea what people think of
> it. But wait, I just found a way to stop iceweasel using it, add this to
> user.js:
The GNOME file picker is so b
On Friday 05 January 2007 08:02, Geoff Reidy wrote:
> Googling gnome file picker gives you a fair idea what people think of
> it. But wait, I just found a way to stop iceweasel using it, add this to
> user.js:
The GNOME file picker is so bad, I'd rather run Firefox on Windows XP in
Qemu than use
Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 02:02 +1100, Geoff Reidy wrote:
>> It's awful, if I just type in "/usr/bin" I get "/usr/src//bin" because
>> of it's autocompletion, so you have to type slowly and watch what it's
>> doing.
>
> I can't reproduce this.
>
>> Also when I try to open an a
Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 02:02 +1100, Geoff Reidy wrote:
>
>> It's awful, if I just type in "/usr/bin" I get "/usr/src//bin" because
>> of it's autocompletion, so you have to type slowly and watch what it's
>> doing.
>>
>
> I can't reproduce this.
>
I can, and I too
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 02:02 +1100, Geoff Reidy wrote:
> It's awful, if I just type in "/usr/bin" I get "/usr/src//bin" because
> of it's autocompletion, so you have to type slowly and watch what it's
> doing.
I can't reproduce this.
> Also when I try to open an app from /usr/bin, even if I point
Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 07:26 -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
>> They're the standard GNOME dialogs, and you're absolutely right. They fall
>> into the Microsoft Error: cool-looking, terrible usability. But apparently
>> GNOME is immune to user comments.
>>
>> They are inferior (an
On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 07:26 -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
> They're the standard GNOME dialogs, and you're absolutely right. They fall
> into the Microsoft Error: cool-looking, terrible usability. But apparently
> GNOME is immune to user comments.
>
> They are inferior (and this is embarassing) to th
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:49:52PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's the
> one used to pick application when opening an attachement and downloading
> files (it's probably used in other places as well).
>
> The dialog has two parts - le
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 22:49 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
>Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's the
> one used to pick application when opening an attachement and downloading
> files (it's probably used in other places as well).
>
>The dialog has two parts - left pa
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 22:49 -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
>Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's the
> one used to pick application when opening an attachement and downloading
> files (it's probably used in other places as well).
>
>The dialog has two parts - left pa
Not sure if it's standard gtk/gnome file open dialog, but it's the
one used to pick application when opening an attachement and downloading
files (it's probably used in other places as well).
The dialog has two parts - left part has shortcut to user home dir,
desktop and filesystem, right
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