Subject: Re: File Open: Okay, I'm an idiot!
From: Colin Mattoon (cjm2@lewiston.com)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 22:06:53 CDT
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, James Silverton wrote:
> Colin Mattoon wrote:
> >
> > I guess I have become too used to Unix/Linux. It never ocurred to me to
> > double click the desired directory under the "File Open" window. It should
> > have been obvious, because Star Office requires double clicks for many of
> > it's functions.
> >
> > So, the requirement to double click might be regarded as a characteristic
> > rather than a bug.
> >
> > Sorry for the false alarm.
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Colin Mattoon
>
> I don't really think it was a false alarm at all! Surely, a Unix program
> should conform to Unix conventions and, IMHO, no knowledge of Star
> Office should be assumed. If a special and unusual action is required I
> think I should be told in advance.
Well, I'm not sure which convention should apply:-) Like Star Office,
Abiword runs on Win9x. I guess I would prefer to see it follow one
convention or the other, because I DO find the need to double click some
things, and to single click others, an irritant when using Star
Office.
If it were up for a vote, I'd vote to fix the File Open screen so that
directory selection was just a single click like the other functions.
>
> Jim.
>
>
> --
> James V. Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland.
>
Later,
Colin Mattoon
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