Re: filesystem restore patch

Roger Binns <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mobile.bitpim.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jerad Clark wrote:
> So, I removed the "All Files" option and have included the appropriate 
> patch.
 >
> -        ext="Zip files|*.zip|All Files|*"
> +        ext="Zip files|*.zip"

I don't understand the point of this,  The dialog will select only files 
with a .zip extension and will only show all files if you explicitly 
select that.  There is no reason that a zip file must have an extension 
of .zip.  In fact since many email systems reject attachments with a zip 
extension as a pathetic form of virus protection, you frequently have to 
rename them to have a different extension.

On Linux and Windows, it is the UI norm to do file choosers this way. 
For example open any program that deals with files and notice how they 
default to their formats but do let you select all files.  Mac does the 
same thing, but the UI to select all files isn't as easily discoverable.

Roger

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