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Re: File open dialog: Where is my tab extension



On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 19:15 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 05:45:36PM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 19:40 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 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? ;)
> > > 
> > > All Windows boxes I have used were setup to enable tab completion. Heck, the
> > > trick was shown to me by an MSCE college at the previous job and is dead easy.
> > > One Windows registry key to change and bingo.
> > 
> > Right, you've proved both my points.
> > 1) It's a power user thing (you need to go and launch regedit, that's
> > harder than learning about Ctrl+L)
> > 2) "Normal" users don't use it (because it's hidden).
> 
> Bastien, and who are you to decree what our users will use or not ?
> Or is this a grand scheme to bring the gnome users back to the stoneage
> of computing or something such ?

Sven, learn to read. The "normal" users is the "normal" *Windows* users.

If you also want me to be your daddy, you'll have to queue here -> . (I
mean, where do you see a decree in there, jeez).

---
Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net> 
The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating
for while. 



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