Comment 2 for bug 656591

> - Get rid of the text entry, only put a real File picker (Browse)
> button to pick both the path and filename using the
> gtk filechooser

The current separation allows to optionally enter a relative path name or file name only, this would no longer be possible with your proposal.

> - Strip the cwd and replace it with "./", but that's too geek.

IMHO it's not about being geek or not, the result is not the same whether a relative (or no path) or an absolute (default, path of current doc) is entered into the filename entry field. It matters e.g. when using the batch export feature, after for example having moved the SVG file to a different location on disk.

Mockups would certainly be useful for discussion. There was a GSoC project this summer to refactor the file export dialog, but unfortunately it wasn't finished (one of the threads discussing the proposal in inkscape.devel: <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/33900>).