#@!$ Red Hat and Fedora anyway

[Collins Richey]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:03:35 -0600, Michael Hipp <michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> 

> I compared fresh installs of FC3 and Ubuntu. Both have OOo 1.1.2 and Gnome
> 2.8.1. Ubuntu has a more conventional Save As dialog with an iconic browser
> right up front. FC3 has the Gnome "dumber is better" Save As dialog. You have
> to tell it you want to see other locations via a pull-down toward the bottom.
> 
> To correct this behavior you can to to Tools -> Options ... OpenOffice.org ->
> General and check "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs". It will then look like the
> more conventional Save As dialog (like Ubuntu).
> 
> So neither of them make it where the user can't store in other locations,
> including subdirectories. Dunno what Collins was lookin' at.

Collins wasn't looking far enough down the dialog panel. Collins is a
d----s----. But, as you alluded to below, Gnome is still a POS.

> 
> (OT: It appears the Gnome developers' design philosophy has them on an
> asymptote with zero. Where the screen of your computer will be at all times
> completely blank. Showing something on the screen might confuse some people
> and we can't have that.)
> 


-- 
 Collins