Comment 59 for bug 389176
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| Conn O Griofa (psyke83) wrote Re: Have the file-roller automatically extract an archive on double click | #59 |
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David,
Do you really believe that your mother or grandmother couldn't figure out how to extract files when there is a colourful button named "Extract" on the main interface? More likely your mother and grandmother won't even know that they need to extract files from an archive, or what an archive really is in distinction to a simple picture or a text file.
From this paper cut it seems that you want to completely circumvent average users from knowing what an archive is or does. Is that really a good idea? You needed to teach your mother and grandmother about the concept of a mouse and its relation to the cursor on the screen, and how to interact with icons, for example. Why do you want to skip the 5 minute explanation of an archive to them?