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[gtk-list] Re: usability problems in Open File dialog
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Harlow)
Sun Nov 15 21:37:33 1998
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:36:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Eric Harlow <linuxgeek@yahoo.com>
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The "open file" dialog is also the "save file" dialog and sometimes
you need to create directories to save your file in a particular
place. You can always "hide" the "create dir" button - you should be
able to rename it.
-Eric
---Sak <sak@perio.unlp.edu.ar> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want comment some usability problems that I see
> in the Open File dialog in gtk.
>
> First, you know what is a 'dir' (as in 'create dir' button),
> but a new user maybe not, Jacob Nielsen, the guru of
> interfases and usability always say 'never use abbreviations
> in your interface'.
>
> In some places directories are called directories and in
> others places are called folders, this is not good, it
> must be a directory or a folder, not both (ok, this is
> a problem in Gnome, not gtk).
>
>
> The main function of a open file dialog is open files,
> not create directories, rename files or delete files,
> actually this buttons are at the same degree (or more)
> that open and cancel buttons, they are competing at the
> same level for the user attention, they are interfering
> with the real important buttons (open & cancel), altough
> is good to create a directory, their action must be less
> visible than the action 'open'.
>
> IMO, buttons with only pixmaps and hints will be better,
> (for translation too).
>
>
> When you select a file or a directory with the defaults
> colors (blue with yellow around) the letters pqgyj doesn't
> look well.
>
> A open file dialog must show all possible files in a
> fixed area, here windoze do it a little better, he can
> show more files in the same area and the large file
> names aren't a problem, unlike gtk. In gtk seeing a
> complete large file name is a problem, unless you
> resize the window, wich you can't do much in 640x480.
>
> Also, it would be good a mechanism to change the view,
> for example I'm opening a file and want to know the
> files dates (or sizes) to see what is the newer file.
>
> Hope this help,
>
> --
> Who is the General Failure and what f* do reading my disk !?
> ---
> Sergio Kessler
>
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