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GTK 2.3, And The Emerging File Selector

Posted by timothy on from the frobnication dept.

Anon. writes "GTK 2.3 was released today, and initial (not finalized) screenshots of the new file selector are available here(1), here(2) and here(3). But do remember that the new file chooser is very much a work-in-progress, and the UI is not yet final."

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  1. good start by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 2, Interesting
    That's a nice start, just put a friggin home button on it and i'll be happy.

    I like the idea of having "bookmarks" in my file selector.

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  2. I say by Kickasso · · Score: 2, Interesting

    steal a few ideas from SGI's file selection dialog. It's probably the best (and the most underrated) widget that ever existed on a Unix desktop...

  3. MacOS by Michael.Forman · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Ugh. What a hideous file selector. After installing and taking MacOS X Panther for a spin last night, I'm just amazed how backwards and unprofessional GTK's file selectors are.

    If it's not possible to compete with commercial operating systems, why not make a radically different file selector as an option. Imagine a command-line interface where the user 'cd's into the appropriate directory and does a 'put'? Of course, I'm of the mind that Evolution and Open Office should have a "vi" input mode.

    Michael.

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  4. Look beneath the surface by timotten · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The release notes say:

    GtkFileChooser: a replacement for GtkFileSelection with replaceable backends, many new API features, better user interface (UI is still a work in progress) [Owen Taylor, Federico Mena Quintero]


    It's not clear from the changelog what is supposed to be replaceable, but looking at the gtk-devel mailing list (it took me 1 minute), a fine description was posted a couple weeks ago. Applications and users can both provide shortcuts. It can use GnomeVFS instead of Unix file access, so you get access to remote folders and all that...