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IMO it's perfectly valid criticism in its lambasting of the bug itself as well as its vintage. When I want to upload a screenshot, photo or video to an email, a

IMO it's perfectly valid criticism in its lambasting of the bug itself as well as its vintage. When I want to upload a screenshot, photo or video to an email, an IM, a web page etc., I really do not want to send the wrong one.

city41 6y ago
I can agree with that. But I could say that about things in Windows and MacOS too. It's not like Gnome is unique in this regard. In some regards Linux is more advanced than Windows or MacOS, does that mean Windows and MacOS users are "used to mediocrity" as the article says? As for not wanting to upload the wrong one, doesn't the file picker show a preview of the selected file? Sure, not as good as thumbnails, but it should be enough to avoid the problem.
- proactivesvcs 6y ago
  I do say things like that about Windows too, and I back anyone who writes a blogpost excoriating Microsoft for their longstanding faults. As a long-time Windows user I can definitely say I am used to mediocrity in many areas. Thankfully no longer on a daily basis :-) Some of the GTK filepickers on my system do show previews (e.g. Signal) but others do not (Mozilla - since fixed by the incantations needed to have them use KDE's).
p1necone 6y ago
It absolutely is valid criticism. It was more the snarky "and therefore commercial software is better than free software" stuff that rubbed me the wrong way.
- proactivesvcs 6y ago
  At the risk of splitting hairs, to me it reads more that the author is slating free software (or perhaps the only available free software), rather than praising commercial software. I think I read the article as a bit of a "stream of consciousness rant" and often give the spewers of such words a bit of leeway for interpretation. I've written in a state of mind of frustration and later thought "Yeah you did go a bit over the top there, but it's a reflection of your state of mind at the time".

city41 6y ago

I can agree with that. But I could say that about things in Windows and MacOS too. It's not like Gnome is unique in this regard. In some regards Linux is more advanced than Windows or MacOS, does that mean Windows and MacOS users are "used to mediocrity" as the article says? As for not wanting to upload the wrong one, doesn't the file picker show a preview of the selected file? Sure, not as good as thumbnails, but it should be enough to avoid the problem.

proactivesvcs 6y ago
I do say things like that about Windows too, and I back anyone who writes a blogpost excoriating Microsoft for their longstanding faults. As a long-time Windows user I can definitely say I am used to mediocrity in many areas. Thankfully no longer on a daily basis :-) Some of the GTK filepickers on my system do show previews (e.g. Signal) but others do not (Mozilla - since fixed by the incantations needed to have them use KDE's).

p1necone 6y ago

It absolutely is valid criticism. It was more the snarky "and therefore commercial software is better than free software" stuff that rubbed me the wrong way.

proactivesvcs 6y ago
At the risk of splitting hairs, to me it reads more that the author is slating free software (or perhaps the only available free software), rather than praising commercial software. I think I read the article as a bit of a "stream of consciousness rant" and often give the spewers of such words a bit of leeway for interpretation. I've written in a state of mind of frustration and later thought "Yeah you did go a bit over the top there, but it's a reflection of your state of mind at the time".