On 2017-05-22, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 22 May 2017 18:33:47 Grant Edwards wrote:
>> Having just recently allowed Firefox to upgrade from 45 to 52, I'm now
>> hobbled with the GTK3 file browser dialog.
>>
>> It's horrible.
>>
>> First of all, it's freaking _huge_! It wastes acres of display
>> real-estate. It was obviously designed by a megalomaniac who thinks
>> your computer belongs to him, and that while his filebrowser code is
>> running, nothing else must be visible.
>
> Hmm ... I haven't noticed this here.
Interesting. It seems to open using the same size it was last time it
was closed. I'm not sure why somebody thinks that's a good idea,
either.
>> I used to be able to just start typing a path. Now, that triggeres
>> some bizzarre "search" feature that shows a spinner for a minutes at a
>> time shows a long list of files I don't care about.
>
> You can go to Edit/Preferences/Advanced and deselect 'Search for text when I
> start typing'
That's something different. That controls searching the content of
pages. I'm talking about entering a path in the filebrowser. You
used to be able to click on a "browse" button to upload a file and
then type a path.
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