RMB - once again

[Henrique Pinto]

Hi,

I'm sending this message, with the full text of your original message, to 
kfm-devel. I expect them to reply to this if they have any issues with your 
proposal.

On Tuesday 05 August 2003 06:19, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have 29.07 snapshot of kde. Despite recent discussion about RMBs, they
> are still cluttered. Here are my thoughts:
>
> 1. Directory
>
> Open in New Window          " OK
> Open in Background Tab      " These two can be reduced to one,
> Open in New Tab             " configurable in Settings
> Cut                         " OK
> Copy                        "
> Paste                       "
> Rename                      " OK
> Move To Trash               " These two should be reduced to one
> Delete                      "
> Add to Bookmarks            " OK
> Open With >                 " [1]
> Preview With >              " [2]
> Actions >                   " [3]
> Edit file type              " Go away!
> Properties                  " OK
>
> 1, 2 IMO unncecessary. Eg. this is easier (and probably faster) to
> click and choose Cervisia from toolbar. The samo for other possibilities
> 3 Currently there is (on my system) "Open Terminal Here". Is this
> really necessary? I can imagine situations when it is needed but I don't
> like it.
>
> Now we have:
>
> Open in New Window
> Open in New Tab
> Cut
> Copy
> Paste
> Rename
> Delete
> Add to Bookmarks
> Actions >
> Properties
>
> 2. White Space in Directory
>
> Create New                  " OK
> Up                          " OK
> Back
> Forward
> Open in New Window          " OK
> Open in Background Tab      " These two can be reduced to one
> Open in New Tab
> Paste                       " OK
> Add to Bookmarks            " OK
> Open With >                 " [1]
> Preview With >              " [2]
> Actions >                   " [3]
> Edit file type              " Go away!
> Properties                  " OK
>
> 1, 2, 3 As above
>
> Now we have:
>
> Create New
> Up
> Back
> Forward
> Open in New Window
> Open in New Tab
> Paste
> Add to Bookmarks
> Actions >
> Properties
>
> 3. Non-image file in directory view
>
> Open in New Window          " OK
> Open in Background Tab      " These two can be reduced to one
> Open in New Tab
> Cut                         " OK
> Copy                        "
> Rename                      " OK
> Move To Trash               " These two should be reduced to one
> Delete                      "
> Add to Bookmarks            " OK
> Open With >                 " [1]
> Preview With >              " [2]
> Actions >                   " OK
> Edit file type              " Go away!
> Properties                  " OK
>
> 1 - No submenu - Open with this what is defined in MIME type center
> 2 - Preview in embedded viewer
>
> Now we have:
>
> Open in New Window
> Open in New Tab
> Cut
> Copy
> Rename
> Delete
> Add to Bookmarks
> Open
> Preview in This Tab
> Actions >
> Properties
>
> 4. Image file in directory view
>
> Open in New Window          " OK
> Open in Background Tab      " These two can be reduced to one
> Open in New Tab
> Cut                         " OK
> Copy                        "
> Rename                      " OK
> Move To Trash               " These two should be reduced to one
> Delete                      "
> Add to Bookmarks            " OK
> Open With ...               " [1]
> Gimp                        " [2]
> Preview in Embeddable Image Viewer " [3]
> Actions >                   " OK
> Edit file type              " Go away!
> Properties                  " OK
>
> 1 - Why? It is already defined in next item.
> 2 - Shouldn't it be just "Open"? Now we can reduce these two items to
> 	one
> 3 - OK but name is tooooooooooo long. Preview is enough.
>
> Now we have:
>
> Open in New Window
> Open in New Tab
> Cut
> Copy
> Rename
> Delete
> Add to Bookmarks
> Open
> Preview in This Tab
> Actions >
> Properties
>
> 5. Image in embedded viewer
> ack
>
> Up                          " OK
> Back
> Forward
> Open in New Window          " It is already opened in Konq
> Open in Background Tab      "
> Open in New Tab
> Add to Bookmarks            " OK
> Open With ...               " As above
> Gimp                        "
> Save Image As...            " OK
> Send                        " OK?
> Select All                  " ??????? [0]
> Stop Animations             " OK
> Copy Image Location         " ??? [1]
> View Image (title.png)      " ??? [2]
> View Document Source        " Heh... [3]
> View Document Information   " that would be good but... [4]
> Security                    " OK?
> Set Encoding                " End everything is clear.
>
> Many items in this menu is coming from opening of web sites. It should
> be make different if opening from file:// or from http://
>
> 0 - for what? Unnecessary
> 1 - Where copying? not understandable - unnecessary
> 2 - We are already viewing it
> 3 - Source for Image?
> 4 - This would be good but dialog offers no valuable information. Please
> 	improve dialog: size, any embedded information, add possibility to
> 	meta info.
>
> Now we have:
>
> Up                          " OK
> Back
> Forward
> Add to Bookmarks            " OK
> Open
> Save Image As...            " OK
> Send                        " OK?
> Stop Animations             " OK
> View Document Information   " that would be good but... [4]
> Security                    " OK?
>
>
> Uff. I am tired. If anybody is interested I will write about RMB in html
> document and few others aspects :)

Most things were already agreed upon. Isn't it time to implement them?
I don't have cvs access, so I can do it.

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	Henrique Pinto
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