Re: Iceweasel annoyance
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 05:55:16AM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:51 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>
> > And you MUST use this browser window to select the application. You
> > can't just type the name of the application in a box like you can when
> > you edit your Applications menu.
>
> Quite agree.
>
> Similarly, what annoys me is the input text with the "browse" button for
> local files (whenever you need to do upload, attachments etc), I have to
> use that browser window to select the file.
>
> I'm a command line guy, I used to paste the abs path of the file (from
> realpath) as string into the input text field and never bother with the
> "browse" button to click, click, click, click. . . Now I can't.
>
> Iceweasel/firefox such Ms Winblow behavior and enforcement just annoys me
> to death.
I think this is a (Gnome?) toolkit issue, since I encounter the same
totalitarian file-selection widget in several apps.
"What green, wide-eyed youngster wrote that?" I wonder.
I'd prefer text input (especially with ReadLine style tab
completion) any day!
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