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English => Feature requests => Topic started by: Johnbo on September 11, 2007, 03:39:28 AM
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Hello everybody! I'm Spanish, so my English level can be very poor. I use 2.1.3 version on a MacBook with Mac OS X.
Here are some things that I observed and I'd like to change if I had the ability:
1. It would be very useful if we had a "View/open shared folder" in the "Shared files" tab, specially for people whose path to that folder is neverending.
2. When I'm renaming a downloading file and I press Enter without clicking on the "Rename" button, what I expect is closing that window and having that file renamed, and not the same behaviour than pressing Esc instead of Enter.
3. Country symbols/flags can be VERY useful in many cases. For instance, I'm trying to download English subtitles for a film, and I found several files called "a film.srt", without any symbol of comments to know the language. If I could see that the users that are sharing that file are all portuguese or brazilian, I'd know that it wouldn't be the file I wanted, and I could cancel it without waiting for a 3000 people queue (that is what I do now...)
4. I think it would be interesting having a different color for "files I have" and "files I downloaded but I haven't anymore", like other mods do.
5. aMule behaviour in Mac OS X is too different from other Mac apps. The app completely closes when clicking the "red button" and the menus from the bar are almost unuseful.
6. If I have my downloads sorted by progress and I double-click on one of them, the users are sorted by... I don't know, but maybe it's by parts completed. I think it is more interesting to have them sorted by position on the queue. Or even having the possibility to select an order for files and another different one for users. (Have I explained correctly? I don't think so...)
7. Has the app any problem with files that contain Spanish diacritics or Ñ (ntilde) in their name? I think that my aMule doesn't index many files I have with that letters.
8. Why can't I stop a paused film without resuming first?
9. When I search for several different files, I often want to close some tabs and keep others opened to see everything clearer, but I only can click on the "clean" button. Why not inserting a close button on every tab?
10. When I cancel a download, the dialogue only asks me if I want to cancel "that file". But, what if I clicked on the wrong file and I didn't realize. I think that the dialogue should ask if I want to cancel "ubuntu 6.06 lts.iso" if that is the filename, in order to avoid accidental cancelations.
Thank you very much for all the improvements to come! And, if I can answer, when are the next versions coming out?
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2. When I'm renaming a downloading file and I press Enter without clicking on the "Rename" button, what I expect is closing that window and having that file renamed, and not the same behaviour than pressing Esc instead of Enter.
It's the exact behaviour I would expect. OK means: It's all as I want, save this. If you didn't click on rename, you just didn't change that, and exactly this is saved.
3. Country symbols/flags can be VERY useful in many cases. For instance, I'm trying to download English subtitles for a film, and I found several files called "a film.srt", without any symbol of comments to know the language. If I could see that the users that are sharing that file are all portuguese or brazilian, I'd know that it wouldn't be the file I wanted, and I could cancel it without waiting for a 3000 people queue (that is what I do now...)
That's implemented allready.
4. I think it would be interesting having a different color for "files I have" and "files I downloaded but I haven't anymore", like other mods do.
You mean that fancy red and green colours in the search tab?
5. aMule behaviour in Mac OS X is too different from other Mac apps. The app completely closes when clicking the "red button" and the menus from the bar are almost unuseful.
I don't know MacOS, but the red button sounds to me like "close". If that's right: What do you expect when you click on "Close"-Button?
9. When I search for several different files, I often want to close some tabs and keep others opened to see everything clearer, but I only can click on the "clean" button. Why not inserting a close button on every tab?
Allready implemented.
10. When I cancel a download, the dialogue only asks me if I want to cancel "that file". But, what if I clicked on the wrong file and I didn't realize. I think that the dialogue should ask if I want to cancel "ubuntu 6.06 lts.iso" if that is the filename, in order to avoid accidental cancelations.
And again: Already implemented. At least if it's only one file.
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I like your requests. I hope there implemented.
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So, after Vollstrecker's post, there are still some open questions:
1. It would be very useful if we had a "View/open shared folder" in the "Shared files" tab, specially for people whose path to that folder is neverending.
- Think of multiple shared directories. Which one would it view/open? All?
- What shall it be opened with? Finder on Mac? Explorer on Windows? Nautilus with Gnome? And KDE? And...? And it just leaves too many questions.
6. If I have my downloads sorted by progress and I double-click on one of them, the users are sorted by... I don't know, but maybe it's by parts completed. I think it is more interesting to have them sorted by position on the queue. Or even having the possibility to select an order for files and another different one for users. (Have I explained correctly? I don't think so...)
- First part: makes sense, but that would mean removing the possibility to sort users by their completed parts.
- Second part: How do you imagine it? How would you select sort order? In preferences? Way too complicated. If you can come up with a resonable solution, may get implemented.
7. Has the app any problem with files that contain Spanish diacritics or Ñ (ntilde) in their name? I think that my aMule doesn't index many files I have with that letters.
In short: yes. See http://forum.amule.org/index.php?topic=13429.0 (http://forum.amule.org/index.php?topic=13429.0).
8. Why can't I stop a paused film without resuming first?
Dunno. Good question.
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Think of multiple shared directories. Which one would it view/open? All?
Folder for currently selected file. We're talking about context menu, right?
What shall it be opened with? Finder on Mac? Explorer on Windows? Nautilus with Gnome?
You asked a question AND provided an answer. So, yes - with current shell (which is Finder on Mac, Explorer on Win etc etc)
8. Why can't I stop a paused film without resuming first?
That's an annoying bug, IMHO.
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What shall it be opened with? Finder on Mac? Explorer on Windows? Nautilus with Gnome?
You asked a question AND provided an answer. So, yes - with current shell (which is Finder on Mac, Explorer on Win etc etc)
This are just examples. What if a user runs KDE, but likes Nautilus more for file-handling? Iirc it's possible to install konqueror on Mac, too. How would you recongnise that?
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Open the default file browser, that's all.
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You mean something like: Open the browser that the developer of the sys wants to be the browser that should be used, regardless if the users never uses it and has an alternative installed? If I get a browser opened that I don't want to use, I have reasons for that and just close the window when it should appear. Would this be a benefit instead of just don't open anything?
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I mean ::wxLaunchDefaultBrowser
That's all I mean. The default browser. You don't like it, change your default browser.
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I short search doesn't show me how to change that. I browser that is started from quicklaunchbar will never be seen by wx. I found something about sensible-browser, but I don't think that this has to be the same as the file browser.
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It's not my fault or aMule's fault if you don't know how to change it.
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That's totally correct. But if I'm unable to find that information, I take every bet that there are some (maybe just a few, maybe really man) other people that don't find it, too.
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Which is still not my fault, and they still have the default browser open.
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I short search doesn't show me how to change that.
Load KDE instead of Gnome. Should I proceed with explanation further?
What if a user runs KDE, but likes Nautilus more for file-handling?
This is kind of question that drive me nuts. Do you actually know this person, or it is your imagination paying tricks? The mere choice of KDE vs Gnome is how do you like your system to be handled.
This is already huge choice, Windows users doesn't have even that.
regardless if the users never uses it and has an alternative installed?
I have no idea what user uses, but I do know what this user choose to be default. Here's real example. I'm using Gnome, but like K3B. As a result, Fedora installs KDE libs and some more crap. May be Konqueror included too, I don't know. But, I don't want every application that want to open folder to ask stupid question "Konqueror or Nautilus". And guess what? No application does. That what's default was invented for.
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I use OpenBox and urxvt is my "file manager". (I started to dislike all available DEs for various reasons...)
What do I do? ;)
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I use OpenBox and urxvt is my "file manager". (I started to dislike all available DEs for various reasons...)
What do I do? ;)
Here we come. One more pointless question. I already answered it once, but I don't mind to repeat the explanation.
I have no idea, what is urxvt, and have no intention to find out. Does you window manager meet Open Desktop standard? If it does, you will have your "file manager".
If no, tough luck. Your configuration will not be supported.
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He was kidding, lfroen
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@lfroen: Yes I know the person. I am the person
@Kry: It's noones fault, but it's a fact that this information isn't easy to find. I would prefer an option to set what is opened. default can be used when it's not set. I just try to see that from a users point of view. If this will be implemented and does what I expect, alls fine, if not, I just don't use it. There's no problem for everyone, and, if at all, just my fault, but this doesn't affect the situation.
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He was kidding, lfroen
I'm sorry, I thought that would be made clear by the smiley.
First a little explanation: urxvt is a terminal emulator, which is what I use for file operations. This might change with KDE4.1, though.
You see, there people who don't have a default file manager or want to use a different program than their default file manager. As Vollstrecker already said, use the default file manager unless specified otherwise in the preferences. Maybe use something similar to the browser selection or we'll just rework all program selection items in the preferences and use something new and more userfriendly.
I'll make a note in the bugtracker and try to have a look at it.
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5. aMule behaviour in Mac OS X is too different from other Mac apps. The app completely closes when clicking the "red button" and the menus from the bar are almost unuseful.
I don't know MacOS, but the red button sounds to me like "close". If that's right: What do you expect when you click on "Close"-Button?
In OSX, when you push the red button of a window, the window closes but the application keeps running (this is indicated by a little black triangle in the dock). In P2P applications, this is a blessing (less window clutter, no icons in systray, etc.). Information can be shown in the menu that pops up when you click the app icon in the dock.
As of the menus... now the menubar is being unused. It would be fine to have the typical options of the other apps, plus some extra functions. In OSX, the menubar is used more often than the right click menu. If you like the idea, i'll post a basic OSX menu layout.