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Biju Chacko wrote:
> Benedikt Meurer wrote:
>
>>Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
>>
>>>IMHO if you make it look like the gtk filechooser make sure it
>>>behaves consistent with it. For the user it is very confusing when
>>>things look the same but behave differently. Besides, if the gtk
>>>people found this behaviour intuitive enough why disagree with them?
>>
>>A valid point indeed. Botsie, what was the point to do otherwise, I
>>don't remember? ;-)
>
> I don't exactly remember either. My main crib with the Gtk chooser
> location bar is that it is very easy to get confused with where exactly
> you are in the directory tree. Compare:
>
> * Read the name of the last button
>
> With
>
> * Scan the buttons (and scroll if necessary)
>
> * Locate the button in the pressed state.
>
> * Read the label of that button.
>
> IAC, I don't think we should blindly assume that the GTK folks are
> somehow smarter than us.
>
> Consistency should be a criteria only when basic usability of all
> options has been established. To put it crudely, why screw something up
> just because the GTK guys have screwed it up already.
I agree with your point, but I guess I just don't find it confusing at
all. Usually there are very few buttons in the pressed state, and
pressed vs. non-pressed is very obvious to the eye (well, this is
theme-dependent, but I haven't seen a theme where this is ambiguous to
me). Also, if you navigate to a new directory (not using the buttons),
I believe the button bar makes sure the button for the current directory
is visible. If this isn't the case, then I think this would be a fine
improvement over GtkFileChooser (that is, fixing something the GTK guys
have screwed up already ^_^).
-brian
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