I could swear there used to be a menu item somewhere to popup a dialog to let me type in an arbitrary program name to run, but I was just looking for it in a GNOME session of FC6t2, and if its there, it is well hidden.
Is this another GNOME helpful "improvement" like no text field for typing (or pasting) a path in the file selection dialog?
Tom Horsley wrote:
I could swear there used to be a menu item somewhere to popup a dialog to let me type in an arbitrary program name to run, but I was just looking for it in a GNOME session of FC6t2, and if its there, it is well hidden.
Is this another GNOME helpful "improvement" like no text field for typing (or pasting) a path in the file selection dialog?
Has been that way from FC5 onwards. The dialog box still exists. Alt+F2.
Rahul
On 9/2/06, Rahul sundaram@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Tom Horsley wrote:
I could swear there used to be a menu item somewhere to popup a dialog to let me type in an arbitrary program name to run, but I was just looking for it in a GNOME session of FC6t2, and if its there, it is well hidden.
Is this another GNOME helpful "improvement" like no text field for typing (or pasting) a path in the file selection dialog?
Has been that way from FC5 onwards. The dialog box still exists. Alt+F2.
That's intuitive, not. Rather, it's functionality obfuscation. Even Windows shows a "Run" option on the program menu. If grandparents running Windows can handle it, why not Gnome users? Is there some rationale? I imagine this is some upstream decision.
Miles
On Sun, 03/09/06 08:45 +0100, Miles Lane wrote:
On 9/2/06, Rahul sundaram@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Tom Horsley wrote:
I could swear there used to be a menu item somewhere to popup a dialog to let me type in an arbitrary program
name to run, but I was just looking for it in a GNOME session of FC6t2, and if its there, it is well hidden.
Is this another GNOME helpful "improvement" like no text field for typing (or pasting) a path in the file selection dialog?
Has been that way from FC5 onwards. The dialog box still exists. Alt+F2.
That's intuitive, not. Rather, it's functionality obfuscation. Even Windows shows a "Run" option on the program menu. If grandparents running Windows can handle it, why not Gnome users? Is there some rationale? I imagine this is some upstream decision.
Miles
Gnome's setting overall is superior to M$. If "Run" hasn't been there, there is a reason for example maybe the majority of people do not use it.
On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 00:45 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
On 9/2/06, Rahul sundaram@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Tom Horsley wrote:
I could swear there used to be a menu item somewhere to popup a dialog to let me type in an arbitrary program name to run, but I was just looking for it in a GNOME session of FC6t2, and if its there, it is well hidden.
Is this another GNOME helpful "improvement" like no text field for typing (or pasting) a path in the file selection dialog?
Has been that way from FC5 onwards. The dialog box still exists. Alt+F2.
That's intuitive, not. Rather, it's functionality obfuscation. Even Windows shows a "Run" option on the program menu. If grandparents running Windows can handle it, why not Gnome users? Is there some rationale? I imagine this is some upstream decision.
Well you can always "Add to panel..." > "Run Application..." If you prefer, or even the "Command line" if you prefer.
On 9/4/06, Sander Hoentjen sander@hoentjen.eu wrote:
On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 00:45 -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
On 9/2/06, Rahul sundaram@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Tom Horsley wrote:
I could swear there used to be a menu item somewhere to popup a dialog to let me type in an arbitrary program name to run, but I was just looking for it in a GNOME session of FC6t2, and if its there, it is well hidden.
Is this another GNOME helpful "improvement" like no text field for typing (or pasting) a path in the file selection dialog?
Has been that way from FC5 onwards. The dialog box still exists. Alt+F2.
That's intuitive, not. Rather, it's functionality obfuscation. Even Windows shows a "Run" option on the program menu. If grandparents running Windows can handle it, why not Gnome users? Is there some rationale? I imagine this is some upstream decision.
Well you can always "Add to panel..." > "Run Application..." If you prefer, or even the "Command line" if you prefer.
Thanks for the suggestion. That's a lot more helpful than ALT-F2!
Miles