[Fwd: feedback]

[edscott]

> 

> From: Carsten Menke <bootsy52 at gmx.net>

> 
> I read on the xfsamba homepage that bug reports should be directed to 
> xfce-dev at xfce.org
> unfortunatley you don't have something like bugzilla and the list is 
> subscriber only. So I just thought
> that I send you my suggestion for xfsamba, so far I have not found a 
> better tool, xfsamba is great.
> 
 :-)

> 
> I'm currently administering a Linux Computer for a friend, so far 
> xfsamba is the only tool I found
> that meets all his needs (other lack basic functionality), however it 
> would be nice (1. to have a man page for XFSamba)
> and that it remembers the last directory where a file was saved.
> 
> Currently xfsamba starts always in the homedir,
> after going to the download directory where you want the download to get,
> the filename is empty and you have to enter one (this is the same bug 
> like when you dowload something
> in Netscape4 and you choosing a download directory).
> 
> It would be nice if you could set a default download directory or if 
> xfsamba would remember the last
> directory where a file was downloaded to. Also it would be nice that the 
> filename is not disappearing when choosing
> a different download dir.
> 

OK. Seems like a good idea. I personally use the drag and drop features
supported with xftree. That way you choose the download directory
directly by dropping on the right place in xftree. Im not sure whether
the download button can download more than one file at once, or download
a directory with all its contents, but the dragndrop method can.


> 2. Great enhancement would be to have progress bar support, to see how 
> much of the file has been transferred.
> I know this is not trivial, so it would only be a nice enhancement.

It could be a progress bar like that of xftree, otherwise I believe
smbclient does not provide a mecanism. OTH, you use the mount option and
use xftree to download the file. But this would give a progress bar like
that mentioned above. You can use the progress bars of other
filemanagers for the uploading, but at the moment I believe xftree is
the only one capable of receiving downloads drops from xfsamba.

Edscott