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The State Of The GTK+ File Selector
Anonymous BillyGoat writes "The next stable release of GTK+ (from the 2.4x series) will have a new file selector, and of recent, a lot of activity has been going on around that. One of the GNOME artmasters, Tigert, has released a mockup of the new file selector and the GTK developers are busy working towards that. Meanwhile the people from OSNews have some other ideas, while an OSNews reader has made even better mockups."
... and I don't want to be rude.
Neither of them are particularly inspiring though, I thought the community was hoping to steal the hearts and minds of the consumer in 2004.
This is not meant as a troll, although I know it will be read as such by some.
I agree. I really don't understand most Slashdot readers. In every news about KDE or Gnome people start fighting on what is better, Qt or Gtk, C or C++, Gnome or KDE, with theory on how SuSE buyout will end KDE, why Qt isn't free, that Linus uses KDE, Trolltech is owned by SCO, etc. People who keeps posting things like this must be new to free software, or just don't understand it at all. The goal is *NOT* to kill Microsoft Windows and every OS and have just GNU/Linux with one desktop installed on all computers. The goal is freedom, is choice. I don't want to be like 10 years ago, when I thought DOS/Windows were the only operationg system available. Also, most free software projects are coded for fun. I can assure you, even if the whole world start using Gnome and KDE is just used by it's own developers, KDE will keep existing! There's no desktop war, so there is not going to be a winner. So, understand the community, and stop flames. We should be discussing how great it is that someone is trying to make GTK apps integrate better to the KDE environment, and hoping a GTK coder will start doing the same. I use KDE and I get really happy when I see a new feature on Gnome, cause probably KDE will have it too soon, Gnome users should feel the same way when KDE gets a new feature. And, while we're still talking about this, please, when a project is posted here, let's not comment on how there was already a project with the same goal and how duplicate effort is lame: if someone think it'll be fun to code another mp3 player, let him do it, *For coders, projects are mostly about fun!*
about this stupid shit. news please... fuckers
It just so happens that somebody wrote a head-on comparason of the two over at tubgirl tech archive.
The linux hacker
I rather prefer this file selector. What do you think?
... I don't know what I want.
But damnit they should make it do that too !
Time travel is possible. We are quickly heading for 1984.
This is not a troll but the feature you are refering to is an overkill IMO.
It "looks" cool and unique but when you think about it, how much real time will it save you over the current method (drop down box, lower entry being parent of one above, root being last). It will save maybe 0.5s? that too is assuming the path fits. If it doesn't, you have to use the clumsy arrows to move left/right to the path which is more time consuming. The OS news article itself states that the method will be a problem for deeply nested paths as will the combobox that is currently there. But if both suffer from same problem, newer one offering no real advantage, why bother..?
Or you could just use a file manager and then DnD (drag and drop) the file into the program. That would give you a preview if you had it enabled in, say, Nautilus.
True story.
Doesn't the fact that a new Linux file selector dialog box becomes headline news really illustrate the state of the Linux GUI? I mean, that's like 4 years behind all the other GUI operating systems. What was the holdup?
"Sufferin' succotash."
i'm tired of this fucking gtk file selector. i just want to fucking go to sleep. it's 2:30 am and I'm staring at a fucking story about a gtk file selector?? WTF???
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
Gaz, is this you? Its me, ET. Come to the #channel and say hi.
Something novel? No.
Something interesting? No.
Something important? No.
Maybe you people should just post something interesting instead.
Free software is like free beer. Glasses $5 extra.
Sure Gtk is better than Qt...
Even having to have this discussion about a fundamental user interface widget indicates to me that gtk still sucks ass after all these years. Qt has had a file selector widget for ages that works, and is easy to use.
gnome/gtk is always lagging behind kde/qt, and always will. The reason is that Qt is developed totally by professionals.
Not to mention that QT is licensed under the license that supports FREE software. The LGPL is only really about non free software. Do you really want proprietary software to invade linux?
thats the truth, gtk. read it and weep....
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