Dear list,
for some reason, Debian favors Gnome to be the default desktop.
My reason for using KDE is mainly Gnomes file browser. But as a
matter of fact, major applications are using the GTK2 libraries
(Mozilla, Openoffice.org, Gimp, Audacity etc.) - and Opneoffice.org is
the only one that allows to use the KDE file selector.
Now, what's wrong with the GTK2 file chooser? I will report a bug if
anybody could name the package/library I have to refer to.
Look at this screen shot for instance:
http://imagebin.ca/view/wxHN3lH.html
(1) all entries are displayed twice
(2) there is no option to sort by size or to even display size.
maybe this must be enabled by the calling app (audacity here)
- but if this option is not diallowed explicitly, it should be
possible to add it by the browsing user.
(3) whenever I tell Mozilla to open a dialogue with a specific app,
I can (to be quick) enter its path right in the file name box
(say: /usr/bin/ark). Next time however, the file selector will
start browsing that directory (/usr/bin) and produce a hang
lasting at least 4-5 seconds. Suspecting
- missing caching
- slow algorithms
- bad threading
(4) missing eyecandiness: grey and simple icons, no rounded corners,
dominating dark grey, low percentage of area used for content/
information (too much frame).
Sorry, don't get me wrong - I just wanted to share my personal
impression of this fun stopper - it's like a hair in a five star soup!
Regards
Rudi
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