[kde-linux] my thought about kde 4.2

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Mon Feb 9 14:19:15 UTC 2009


On Friday 06 February 2009 11:24:28 Esben Mose Hansen wrote:
> On Friday 06 February 2009 10:45:12 _sc_ wrote:
> > i should probably be specific here:  i am talking about
> > files and folders for which the first character of the name
> > is a dot -- perhaps the dolphin community calls them
> > something other than "hidden" and i've simply been searching
> > on the wrong keyword
>
> View->Show Hidden Files
>
> Imho, dolphin has some wrong defaults. 2 defaults should be
>
> x Use one global setting (not per directory)
> x Show preview
>
> Especially the first is really not newbie-friendly: only people who use
> file managers extensively would want this on, in my humble opinion.
>
No defaults will suit everyone.  Personally I like previews on, but for some 
people that would slow things down beyond the acceptable.  It's much better to 
have the option to make that your default, which you have in View > Adjust 
View Properties.

Anne
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