[Thunar-dev] Random thoughts

[Biju Chacko]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:

> Hi all, first post ^_~.
>
> Francois Le Clainche wrote:
>
>> URL BAR
>> I vote for no location toolbar but an open location dialog
>> 
> I think a URL bar is useful, but not enogh to be enabled by default.  An open 
> location dialog like GtkFileChooser is a must - I rarely click through file 
> choosers these days in favor of ctrl+L.  I think here it's going to be a 
> matter of taste: whether the user prefers to ctrl+L and use that kind of 
> entry, or to click on an URL bar.  Actually, what would be nice is if ctrl+L 
> focuses the URL bar if it's enabled, and opens the dialog if not (sorta like 
> Firefox/Mozilla, though I don't know if it does that second part).

This sounds good. One of the things that annoys me about most GUI fms is 
that it's a PITA to navigate to a specific location in the tree.

In fact, one problem that I see about most so-called "simple" applications 
is that there usually is no alternative to the newbie way of doing things.

For any FM to appeal to experienced users it must have quick ways to doing 
common things, that means lots of keyboard shortcuts, etc.

-- b