Re: Feedback to new Files startup screen - and a case for showing all file types

2012-11-13 Thread Thomas Pfeiffer
On 13.11.2012 11:54, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: On Monday, November 12, 2012 14:51:18 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: Still I think a UI consisting of mostly empty space until you select something is rather confusing, so I think what we should show is something that tells the user Choose a criterion by which

Re: Feedback to new Files startup screen - and a case for showing all file types

2012-11-13 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:43:06 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: We have several UI and interaction designers here at the institute, I'll ask around if maybe one of them has an idea of doing this elegantly. ah, cool! would be great if you can get some of them interested in the kinds of

Feedback to new Files startup screen - and a case for showing all file types

2012-11-12 Thread Thomas Pfeiffer
Hi, I've just tried out the new startup screen for Files and even though it does address the problem it was supposed to address, I must say that in my opinion, it does not improve the overall situation, and here is why: Thanks to Nepomuk, we can offer users various kinds of criteria for

Re: Feedback to new Files startup screen - and a case for showing all file types

2012-11-12 Thread Thomas Pfeiffer
On 12.11.2012 11:41, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: On Monday, November 12, 2012 10:03:42 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: What users expect is to first see _all_ files and then be able to narrow them down until they see the one(s) they are looking for. This is how filtering works. First show everything, then