Re: Look and Feel

[Adrian Robert]

> To answer the question: as long as GNOME have made their file
> dialogue make it obvious how to:
>  * set the filename
>  * set the directory (GNUstep's is a little weak on this)
>  * set the file type, if such things are in their file dialogue
> ...then I think it's fine and probably better than
> imitating the Windows one.

I'm not sure if this made it into GTK-2, but the GTK/Gnome-1 file 
dialog had really excellent filename completion abilities.  Type in the 
first part of a name, and the list scrolls to it.  Hit tab, and it 
completes, all the way if there's a unique completion.  If it's a 
filename it just selects it, but if it's a directory it switches to it 
and updates the display.  This makes navigating through a hierarchy to 
find a file a snap -- only the NeXTstep columnar view even comes close 
in terms of efficiency/usability to experienced users.