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[Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Haha yeah I was raging at that GNOME file picker dialog. xD
On Dec 9, 2012 9:13 PM, "Victor Eduardo" <victor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wow, that video was absolutely worth watching. It proves that generic
> names are better in the eyes of new users, and fit more into how elementary
> is perceived.
>
> I also agree with Sergey; the "recent files" mode makes no sense for the
> save dialog in most cases.
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff <
> sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> We really should kill off defaulting to recent files, both for open
>> and save dialogs. For open dialog it's just an ugly hack to workaround
>> the lack of Contractor, and for save dialog it makes absolutely no
>> sense.
>>
>> 2012/12/10 Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Ha, yes, that's one thing I took away from that video as well. Also, I
>> > noticed she hit a few bugs. Slingshot didn't close at one point, Plank
>> > didn't want to remove an app from the dock, and WingPanel took two
>> clicks to
>> > do anything at the end.
>> >
>> > I really like videos like this where "normal" users take our software
>> and go
>> > at it. It exposes some interesting thinking and some common issues. I
>> also
>> > loved that she kept commenting on how everything was so fast, and it's
>> nice
>> > that she noticed that.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:31 PM, dkotrada <dkotrada@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > So guys time to rename the applications in elementaryos. Maya >
>> Kalender :)
>> >
>> >
>> > 2012/12/10 Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the link! I'm sending this to our development community
>> mailing
>> >> list so they can discuss it. It's always cool to see our software used
>> by
>> >> people all across the world.
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Philip Adams <osfirsttimer@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi, I just wanted to alert you that due to popular demand from Linux
>> fans
>> >> your operating system has been featured on my channel which has close
>> to 200
>> >> subscribers. My channel is about getting my mum to try out various
>> operating
>> >> systems and comment on the usability and intivitivity of them. I give
>> her a
>> >> set of tasks to see if she can perform them on the operating system.
>> >>
>> >> Here is the video of your operating system being tested:
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULblsnv48WM
>> >>
>> >> Here is my channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/OsFirstTimer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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