[Thunar-dev] Proposed preferences for Thunar

[Biju Chacko]

Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
>>IMHO if you make it look like the gtk filechooser make sure it
>>behaves consistent with it. For the user it is very confusing when
>>things look the same but behave differently. Besides, if the gtk
>>people found this behaviour intuitive enough why disagree with them?
> 
> 
> A valid point indeed. Botsie, what was the point to do otherwise, I 
> don't remember? ;-)

I don't exactly remember either. My main crib with the Gtk chooser 
location bar is that it is very easy to get confused with where exactly 
you are in the directory tree. Compare:

* Read the name of the last button

With

* Scan the buttons (and scroll if necessary)

* Locate the button in the pressed state.

* Read the label of that button.

IAC, I don't think we should blindly assume that the GTK folks are 
somehow smarter than us.

Consistency should be a criteria only when basic usability of all 
options has been established. To put it crudely, why screw something up 
just because the GTK guys have screwed it up already.

-- b