Re: File open dialog: Where is my tab extension
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 04:00:59PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 16:31 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Tom von Schwerdtner wrote:
> >
> > > > Type "Control-L" to open a "Location" dialog with tab-completion. This
> > > > also works in spatial Nautilus windows.
> > Well thanks for the hint which makes things slightly better even if I
> > seen absolutely no reason to hide such a feature. If you ask me it is
> > a) bad design
> > b) does not work reliable in any case - sometimes it does not expand
> > directories (can't find out a rule yet, will keep an eye on it)
> > or moves the focus around
> >
> > > "Control-F" is also good for finding a file/directory in the currently
> > > viewed directory.
> > Thanks for the further hint. Gnome people seemed to have done a great job
> > in hiding very nice features.
> >
> > > -Tom, who absolutely loves the new file dialog
> > You people changed my view a little bit but I stick on my opinion that
> > hiding features people are comfortable with is bad.
>
> The point is to hide features that only power-users will use. Let me
> know when you see someone on a Mac or Windows using tab completion,
> right? ;)
Bah, tab completition is not a power user thing, it is a basic feature,
and should be enabled by default.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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