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Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitweb: Show trailing slash when listing tree entry in tree listing

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Oct 10, 2006, 05:46 UTC
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Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com> writes:
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> --- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
>> Having said that, I agree to the point you are trying to make
>> here.  It was a mistake to remove blob/tree links from the view
>> that lists pathnames.
>> 
>> If we did not have any obviously clickable links on the right
>> hand side it might have been a different story, but when given
>> UNIXy permission bits, pathname and blame/history/raw links,
>> nobody would think of clicking on the pathname itself to grab
>> its contents.  The blame link would give you the same
>
> I've seen the exact opposite.
>
> BTW, what is our standard here? People with zero-computer
> exposure? With some? With high?
>
> Certainly, if I didn't know what a folder/directory/tree is,
> and what a file is and I was told to "get" that file, the first
> thing I'd do when I see it on the screen would be to "put my pointer
> over the file and press the action button".

I would agree with that if we did not have anything on the right hand side that attracts eye and hand to tempt clicking. And that would be true for all levels of users.

If we replaced UNIXy mode bits with folder/file/symlink icons, people might be tempted to click on them as well.

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  1. gitweb: Do not print "log" and "shortlog" redundantly in commit viewLuben Tuikov, Oct 5, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiOct 6, 2006
  3. Petr BaudisOct 6, 2006
  4. Luben TuikovOct 6, 2006
  5. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  7. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  8. 1/2 gitweb: Show snapshot links for tree entries in tree listingPetr Baudis, Oct 7, 2006
  9. Luben TuikovOct 7, 2006
  10. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  11. Luben TuikovOct 7, 2006
  12. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2006
  14. Luben TuikovOct 8, 2006
  15. 2/2 gitweb: Show trailing slash when listing tree entry in tree listingPetr Baudis, Oct 7, 2006
  16. Luben TuikovOct 7, 2006
  17. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  18. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  20. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  21. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  22. Petr BaudisOct 9, 2006
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2006
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  25. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  27. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  28. Jeff KingOct 10, 2006
  29. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  30. Jeff KingOct 10, 2006
  31. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  32. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  34. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  35. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  36. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  37. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  38. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  39. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  40. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  41. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  42. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  43. Andreas EricssonOct 11, 2006
  44. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  45. Jeff KingOct 10, 2006
  46. Andreas EricssonOct 10, 2006
  47. Josef WeidendorferOct 10, 2006
  48. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  49. Josef WeidendorferOct 10, 2006
  50. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  51. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  52. A Large Angry SCMOct 7, 2006
  53. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2006
  54. Luben TuikovOct 8, 2006

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