Size does matter!!!

[Rodd Clarkson]

Why are the open and save file dialogs so small.

I have a 1920x1200 screen, and yet I have to resize these dialogs each
time they open so I can do complex (he he) tasks like find a file, or
select a folder in which files might be.

The damn dialog is so small I can't see more than 12 letters in a file
name and I can see two places (one of which is Search).

Surely something should be done about this, so who do I nag senseless?


R.


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[n0dalus]

On 5/1/07, Rodd Clarkson <rodd(a)clarkson.id.au&gt; wrote:
>  Why are the open and save file dialogs so small.
>
>  I have a 1920x1200 screen, and yet I have to resize these dialogs each
>  time they open so I can do complex (he he) tasks like find a file, or
>  select a folder in which files might be.
>
>  The damn dialog is so small I can't see more than 12 letters in a file
>  name and I can see two places (one of which is Search).
>
>  Surely something should be done about this, so who do I nag senseless?
>  
See GNOME bugzilla:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325477
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418585

This may also be of interest:
http://live.gnome.org/MathiasHasselmann/NewLayoutManager

n0dalus.

[Ben Woodard]

Rodd Clarkson wrote:
>  Why are the open and save file dialogs so small.
>  
>  I have a 1920x1200 screen, and yet I have to resize these dialogs each
>  time they open so I can do complex (he he) tasks like find a file, or
>  select a folder in which files might be. 
Remember some of us still do most of our work on laptops that only have 
a 1024x768 display. I know that a few years ago most of the main 
gnome-developers did most of their work off of laptops.

>  
>  The damn dialog is so small I can't see more than 12 letters in a file
>  name and I can see two places (one of which is Search).
>  
>  Surely something should be done about this, so who do I nag senseless?
>  
>  
>  R.
>  
>   

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[Arthur Pemberton]

On 5/1/07, Rodd Clarkson <rodd(a)clarkson.id.au&gt; wrote:
>  Why are the open and save file dialogs so small.
>
>  I have a 1920x1200 screen, and yet I have to resize these dialogs each
>  time they open so I can do complex (he he) tasks like find a file, or
>  select a folder in which files might be.
>
>  The damn dialog is so small I can't see more than 12 letters in a file
>  name and I can see two places (one of which is Search).
>
>  Surely something should be done about this, so who do I nag senseless?
>
>
>  R. 

You could just increase your display (and/or desktop) resolution.


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