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A. Pagaltzis writes: > * Earle Martin <hates-software@xxxxxxxx.xxx> [2005-09-30 20:10]: > > > Yet for some reason scads of applications display both "." and ".." > > in "open file" dialog boxes. What the fuck is the point of giving me > > something I can double-click on and does nothing at all? > > Having `.` in a fileselect box is useful as a ?refresh button.? That's only useful cos you've been conditioned not to expect dialogue boxes to spot that the directory has changed and to refresh themselves. The fact that you have to tell the computer about something that it has just changed is hateful. The fact that the 'refresh' button is not a button that says "Refresh" on it but instead is an entry in a list of directories to select labelled "." is even more hateful. Smylers -- May God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done.There's stuff above here
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