Re: GNOME new file selection dialogs

["Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com>]

On 6/14/06, Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/14/06, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
> > And returning to the original topic, I don't get the hate for the GTK
> > file picker. Given a choice, I will take the QT version, but ever since
> > I learned that you can just start typing a path, it hasn't bothered
> > me much. Of course, I also usually just download to ~/Downloads
> > and if it needs moved, I move it from the command line.
>
> Where the suckitude of the new GTK file picker really shines is when
> you need to specify that a file should be opened with a program in
> /usr/bin.  Unless they've fixed that recently.  I really don't like
> typing "/usr/bin/xine" and then waiting a minute for the "OK" button
> to become clickable.  Well, perhaps not a full minute, but on a 1GHz
> laptop it's an excruciatingly long wait nonetheless.

Oh yeah, I always forget about that because SeaMonkey has a
non-GTK path field for that (you can click on the "Chose" button
and get the GTK picker, but why would you, unless you forgot the
path or the name?). Yeah, the "waiting on /usr/bin isssue" is bad
and needs to be fixed.

Cheers,
Kelly