Re: File open dialog: Where is my tab extension
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 19:40 +0300, Martin-Ã?ric Racine wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> >
> > > The point is to hide features that only power-users will use. Let me
> > > know when you see someone on a Mac or Windows using tab completion,
> > > right? ;)
> >
> > All Windows boxes I have used were setup to enable tab completion. Heck, the
> > trick was shown to me by an MSCE college at the previous job and is dead easy.
> > One Windows registry key to change and bingo.
>
> Right, you've proved both my points.
> 1) It's a power user thing (you need to go and launch regedit, that's
> harder than learning about Ctrl+L)
> 2) "Normal" users don't use it (because it's hidden).
Actually, I've proven the exact opposite:
1) Tab completion is an expected default on Bash and everywhere in the UNIX
world, because people are taught to use it.
2) The fact that it was hidden in GTK2.4+ is a _BUG_ not a feature.
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Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant
http://www.iki.fi/q-funk/
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