** Description changed: When the user types a filename, if he puts a forbidden symbol (like "/" for example) in the name, when clicking on the "Save" button there's a really obscure message coming out: instead of saying "one or more character you have typed are not admitted" , or "the symbol "/" is not admitted in a file name", it says (approximately, I'm translating from the italian version) "THE FOLDER'S CONTENT CANNOT BE VISUALIZED: error in executing stat of file /home/john/Desktop/xxxxxx : no file or directory". - I tried with Openoffice.org, Gedit, Archive manager, Brasero, Sound recorder and Gimp, and they all have the same behaviour. The only one to give the correct response has been Nautilus which told me that "/" is not allowed. I made the tests on two PCs, both running Jaunty. + I tried with Openoffice.org, Gedit, Archive manager, Brasero, Sound recorder and Gimp, and they all have the same behaviour. The only one to give the correct response has been Nautilus which told me that "/" is not allowed. I made the tests on two PCs running Jaunty and on a virtual machine running Karmic. However, my opinion is that the message that shows when the typed path is incorrect is not useful for those who don't already know the mechanism: that would consequently compromise usability. I think it would be useful to replace the present message with something like "The path you have typed is not correct: please check the directory tree" , or "The "/" symbol can be only used to head to a subdirectory, not in a filename: if you wanted to set a subdirectory for your file, please check the directory tree". I think this is very confusing for the newcomer: if it's easily fixable, it should be fixed in Karmic.
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