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Re: File open dialog: Where is my tab extension



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? ;)

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Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> 
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