| 2006-11-04 04:57:22 |
Jonathan Anderson |
file-roller: status |
Unconfirmed |
Confirmed |
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| 2006-11-04 04:57:22 |
Jonathan Anderson |
file-roller: statusexplanation |
Bugzilla status=UPSTREAM, product=Ubuntu, component=file-roller |
There has been LOTS of discussion about this on the GNOME bug page, and I can confirm that this is still a live issue on recent GNOME packages. |
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| 2007-10-22 10:00:43 |
Sebastien Bacher |
file-roller: status |
Confirmed |
Triaged |
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| 2009-02-07 16:58:50 |
Sebastien Bacher |
file-roller: assignee |
seb128 |
desktop-bugs |
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| 2009-02-23 09:32:38 |
gib |
description |
A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn't know how to do it.
If you don't know that a zip file is an "archive", which many new users do not,
then it's very difficult to tell how to create one. "Create archive" on the
Nautilus context menu, "Archive Manager" in the Applications menu, etc, are all
meaningless. (This happened to me today when someone I know rang me for
technical support to ask how to create a zip file, and when I explained how, he
said "what's an archive?")
Suggested fixes (to be taken with a very large pinch of salt and replaced with
better suggestions):
Change "Create archive" to "Create compressed file" on the context menu
Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with
tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655 |
A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn't know how to do it.
If you don't know that a zip file is an "archive", which many new users do not,
then it's very difficult to tell how to create one. "Create archive" on the
Nautilus context menu, "Archive Manager" in the Applications menu, etc, are all
meaningless. (This happened to me today when someone I know rang me for
technical support to ask how to create a zip file, and when I explained how, he
said "what's an archive?")
Suggested fixes (to be taken with a very large pinch of salt and replaced with
better suggestions):
Change "Create archive" to "Create compressed file" on the context menu
Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with
tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655
Then won't you get questions like: "What's a compressed file"? Perhaps some other wording may help such as: "Create a safe copy of a file". |
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| 2009-06-03 17:18:58 |
Martin Albisetti |
bug task added |
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hundredpapercuts |
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| 2009-06-04 09:55:41 |
Mat Tomaszewski |
hundredpapercuts: importance |
Undecided |
Low |
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| 2009-06-04 09:55:41 |
Mat Tomaszewski |
hundredpapercuts: status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2009-06-18 22:32:05 |
Ivanka Majic |
hundredpapercuts: status |
Confirmed |
In Progress |
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| 2009-06-18 22:32:05 |
Ivanka Majic |
hundredpapercuts: assignee |
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Ivanka Majic (ivanka) |
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| 2009-06-19 16:53:40 |
David Siegel |
hundredpapercuts: milestone |
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round-1 |
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| 2009-06-23 13:45:31 |
Ivanka Majic |
description |
A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn't know how to do it.
If you don't know that a zip file is an "archive", which many new users do not,
then it's very difficult to tell how to create one. "Create archive" on the
Nautilus context menu, "Archive Manager" in the Applications menu, etc, are all
meaningless. (This happened to me today when someone I know rang me for
technical support to ask how to create a zip file, and when I explained how, he
said "what's an archive?")
Suggested fixes (to be taken with a very large pinch of salt and replaced with
better suggestions):
Change "Create archive" to "Create compressed file" on the context menu
Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with
tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655
Then won't you get questions like: "What's a compressed file"? Perhaps some other wording may help such as: "Create a safe copy of a file". |
A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn't know how to do it.
If you don't know that a zip file is an "archive", which many new users do not,
then it's very difficult to tell how to create one. "Create archive" on the
Nautilus context menu, "Archive Manager" in the Applications menu, etc, are all
meaningless. (This happened to me today when someone I know rang me for
technical support to ask how to create a zip file, and when I explained how, he
said "what's an archive?")
Suggested fixes (to be taken with a very large pinch of salt and replaced with
better suggestions):
Change "Create archive" to "Create compressed file" on the context menu
Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with
tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300655
Then won't you get questions like: "What's a compressed file"? Perhaps some other wording may help such as: "Create a safe copy of a file".
Proposed solution:
* In context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress..."
* The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create compressed file"
* The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to 'Filename'
* Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
More data and discussion can be found here:
* http://www.designintheopen.org/profiles/blogs/zip-archive-package-or and
* http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=143#comment-23493
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| 2009-06-23 13:52:21 |
Ivanka Majic |
hundredpapercuts: status |
In Progress |
Confirmed |
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| 2009-06-23 13:52:21 |
Ivanka Majic |
hundredpapercuts: assignee |
Ivanka Majic (ivanka) |
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| 2009-06-23 15:06:23 |
Mat Tomaszewski |
hundredpapercuts: status |
Confirmed |
Triaged |
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| 2009-06-24 18:31:17 |
Scott Ritchie |
tags |
archive manager |
archive manager needs-design |
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| 2009-06-25 13:25:52 |
Sebastien Bacher |
attachment added |
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update with the suggested changes http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28369323/file-roller.patch |
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| 2009-07-07 11:34:06 |
David Siegel |
hundredpapercuts: status |
Triaged |
Incomplete |
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| 2009-07-22 16:00:18 |
David Siegel |
bug task added |
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research38917 |
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| 2009-08-10 18:56:13 |
Vish |
hundredpapercuts: importance |
Low |
High |
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| 2009-08-10 18:56:13 |
Vish |
hundredpapercuts: status |
Incomplete |
Triaged |
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| 2009-08-10 18:56:13 |
Vish |
hundredpapercuts: milestone |
round-1 |
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| 2009-10-17 23:57:26 |
Radoslav Georgiev |
removed subscriber Valsodarg |
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| 2009-12-01 14:49:12 |
Beni Cherniavsky |
attachment added |
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archive-dialog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36297669/archive-dialog.txt |
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| 2009-12-01 16:03:13 |
David Stansby |
removed subscriber David Stansby |
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| 2010-08-28 19:21:59 |
Michael Gilbert |
bug |
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added subscriber Michael Gilbert |
| 2010-09-14 09:50:57 |
Franck |
bug |
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added subscriber Franck |
| 2010-09-16 02:44:48 |
Bug Watch Updater |
file-roller: importance |
Unknown |
Wishlist |
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| 2010-12-08 19:49:30 |
Vish |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team |
| 2010-12-11 13:28:19 |
Bilal Akhtar |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team |
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| 2010-12-15 13:43:31 |
Sebastien Bacher |
file-roller (Ubuntu): assignee |
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) |
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| 2010-12-15 13:43:53 |
Sebastien Bacher |
removed subscriber Sebastien Bacher |
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| 2011-09-16 10:51:49 |
Franck |
removed subscriber Franck |
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| 2012-04-11 15:30:13 |
Chris Wilson |
bug task added |
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ayatana-design |
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| 2012-06-06 15:09:38 |
Nils-Werner Claesson |
removed subscriber Nils-Werner Claesson |
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| 2012-06-06 15:20:14 |
Nils-Werner Claesson |
bug |
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| 2012-06-06 15:20:19 |
Nils-Werner Claesson |
removed subscriber Nils-Werner Claesson |
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| 2012-06-10 09:17:10 |
Chris Wilson |
hundredpapercuts: importance |
High |
Wishlist |
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| 2012-08-01 12:50:28 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
bug |
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| 2012-09-11 09:47:16 |
Nils-Werner Claesson |
bug |
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added subscriber Nils-Werner Claesson |
| 2012-09-11 09:47:20 |
Nils-Werner Claesson |
removed subscriber Nils-Werner Claesson |
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| 2012-09-11 09:57:32 |
Nils-Werner Claesson |
bug |
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added subscriber Nils-Werner Claesson |
| 2012-11-06 12:46:04 |
Chris Wilson |
hundredpapercuts: assignee |
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Nick Tait (jnick-tait) |
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| 2012-11-28 22:23:14 |
Chris Wilson |
hundredpapercuts: milestone |
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raring-ee |
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| 2012-11-29 20:40:27 |
Chris Wilson |
hundredpapercuts: milestone |
app-descriptions |
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| 2015-01-14 11:15:20 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
hundredpapercuts: assignee |
Nick Tait (jnick-tait) |
Magdalena Mirowicz (magdalena-mirowicz) |
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| 2016-09-12 15:13:03 |
Magdalena Mirowicz |
hundredpapercuts: assignee |
Magdalena Mirowicz (magdalena-mirowicz) |
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| 2017-01-03 13:44:37 |
Bug Watch Updater |
file-roller: status |
New |
Confirmed |
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