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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:10 am
by Olive
Keys are ok, but "open with" and "edit with" are not necessary IMO, since they break the sentence that started with "Open with >>" (hope that makes sense)
I'd prefer:
Open With >>
...
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Associated Program
Associated Editor
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 10:22 am
by Dreamer
Olive wrote:Keys are ok, but "open with" and "edit with" are not necessary IMO, since they break the sentence that started with "Open with >>" (hope that makes sense)
I'd prefer:
Open With >>
...
--------------
Associated Program
Associated Editor
If there would be keys F3 and F4, this is not problem for me, but add these keys next to:
Open with Associated Program ... F3
Edit with Associated Editor ......... F4
Users will see it first time and will use keys next time.
However I'd prefer rather to remove other items from the context menu...
And what about this (I think it would be really useful):
Open with Associated Program - with
Ctrl+LMB
Edit with Associated Editor - with
Shift+LMB
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 8:19 pm
by Dreamer
Added in RC3, thanks Pierre.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:27 am
by helmut
The way it is implemented in RC4 differs from what the last result of this discussion was.
The labels for "Open / Edit" are different and they are now buried in the "Open With..." cascading menu:
Code: Select all
Open With >>
App 1 ...
App 2 ...
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Add program...
Remove all
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Open with Associated Program
Edit with Associated Editor
...
Think we should decide whether this should be changed to what we suggested or not. The "Add program" and "Remove all" in the middle is not nice I think. The idea was to have Open/Edit in the main context menu to make it accessible quickly and easily (not in the cascaded menu).
Also I'd like to continue the discussion on the naming a bit. I think "Open with Associated Program" and "Edit with associated Editor" is too long and not so clear.
Some suggestions:
1.
Open - System
Edit - System
2.
Open (System)
Edit (System)
3.
Open (Associated Program)
Edit (Associated Program)
4.
Open in Associated Program
Edit in Associated Program
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 12:30 pm
by Danny
Erm... no. I like it the way it is in RC4.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:14 pm
by Dreamer
Warning - maybe a bit OT
I agree with Helmut: (F3 and F4 is important)
Open in Associated Program ... F3
Edit in Associated Program ..... F4
BUT - I think:
We don't need those items for images (because with "Open" image is opened in xnview and with "Edit" in Paint). "Open with (Add program)" is better for images I think.
We need it just for non image files, so why not add this option?
[x] Open all non image files in associated program
Why we have to use the context menu if we could do a double-click or press Enter?
See also my suggestions from "hotkeys/shortcuts" list:
- Open with Associated Program -
Ctrl+LMB
- Edit with Associated Editor -
Shift+LMB
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:09 pm
by Danny
Dreamer wrote:[x] Open all non image files in associated program
Why we have to use the context menu if we could do a double-click or press Enter?
See also my suggestions from "hotkeys/shortcuts" list:
- Open with Associated Program - Ctrl+LMB
- Edit with Associated Editor - Shift+LMB
Why not use Windows Explorer to begin with if you only want to open pictures with XNView?
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:50 am
by Dreamer
OT (?)
Danny wrote:Dreamer wrote:[x] Open all non image files in associated program
Why not use Windows Explorer to begin with if you only want to open pictures with XNView?
Windows Explorer? Never! Just file manager. I just think that such option would be better than two items in already overloaded context menu.
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:50 am
by scratch
i, too, agree with helmut. put these items in the main context menu and give them hotkeys.
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:43 pm
by Dreamer
scratch wrote:i, too, agree with helmut. put these items in the main context menu and give them hotkeys.
There are hotkeys already - F3 and F4 - therefore I think we don't need it in the main context menu. If you are using it too often, you can use the hotkeys.