Re: Request for opinionated opinion

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 13:41:19 +0200
Message-Id: <62E33ABD-2C87-4A08-AE0F-C4E6AA90E978_at_wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2021-05-07, at 01:18, Jim Brain <brain_at_jbrain.com> wrote:
> 
> I think the issue is the other parts of the UI.
> 
> Except for the quote chars, the rest of it looks just like a C64 file browser, and so... When in Rome, etc.
> 
> My point is, if you're wanting to ditch the quotes, revamp the browser UI look and feel and use.
> 
> Ditch the DIR/PRG/ETC stuff for something else, an icon on the left side, or a / in front of the dir name, or after.  Does it matter to the browser if the file is a SEQ, USR, PRG file? If not, don't show.

[...]

That's a valid point, and.. my initial idea for this functionality was to pull-in unformatted directory data and format it myself in any way I see fit. But I dropped the idea after realising that the only common format across various storage devices in use today is the "CBM-style" preformatted one.

> [...] Or, if you're going to be bog standard, keep in the quotes.
> 
> Commit to one direction or another.


Yup.

-- 
SD! 
Received on 2021-05-07 14:00:02

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