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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. Frobnicate by sydb · · Score: 5, Informative
    From Foldoc.

    /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob".

    Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.

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  2. It better be good... by Gnulix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Considering the time and effort that has gone into this file selector, the previews of porn pics ought to be able to jump out and give you a blow job...

  3. Why is this so hard? by Crayon+Kid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hope they get it right, already. I bet it's gonna be some bloated kitchen sink that resembles Nautilus in complexity, complete with all kinds of previews and bells and whistles, and that it still won't be able to remember the last used directory.

    I'd also put my 2 cents on them trying to catch up with KDE's file selector. No matter what people say, that's not my ideal one. I'm much more fond of the one Mozilla [Firebird] has -- that one is the embodiment of the KISS principle to such extent I'd venture to call it perfect. That's if you agree on the definition of perfect as being "not nothing to add, but nothing left to take away".

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  4. Well.... by samjam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We've come a long way since the original stinky X file selector dialogs, but thats about the best I can say about it.

    No doubt a lot of honest graft has gone into the design but it stinks, really.

    Give me the latest windows shell open dialogs with shortcuts in the left hand side, pop-down directory list and big file selector with alternative views.

    The only fault with that windows dialog is the small default size.

    But these new GTK dialogs are just true-type anti-aliased windows 3.1 dialogs trying to show the directory tree and file list through two tiny peepholes.

    Ugh

    Sam

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  5. Yea, good start. by Inoshiro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Getting closer to QT/KDE's fileselector. Once they add home; back; forward; logical parent; new dir; bookmarks (web kind), configure, a direct type path with memory; character encoding; proper MIME filtering; and (my favourite feature) an easy to configure with custom-icons left-hand directory bookmark, which just happens to be configurable per-app that calls the file selector dialog or globally, we'll have seen progress.

    Hopefully the Gnome people can build on this.

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  6. Maybe next round... by kwerle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sigh. You can see the problems with it just by looking at it on any system with a good dialogue (OSX, for example).

    No favorite folders (buttons/popup). No home folder (button). Image3 shows PERFECTLY that you can't tell the full path in the window without scrolling up and memorizing the directories you're in, instead of left->right and seeing them all highlighted (treeview blows). Look at it - am I in my image directory, or bobs?

    There are good file dialogue boxes out there - have been for years. STEAL THEM.

    yeah, maybe this is flamebait, but mostly I'm tired of bad non-osx file dialogues.

  7. 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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