[ALUG] Horrible file browser - how can I change it?

[Eur Ing Chris Green]

The default file browser that appears when, for example, I try to open
a file from Firefox is awful.  I get the same file selector for most
applications now, it's a fairly recent 'imporvement', I've only had
since I upgraded to Slackware 11.

The whole thing is decidedly counter-intuitive, for me at least.
There's no sort of helpful form to it.  Across the top the directory
hierarchy is a row of buttons, it took me a while before I realised it
*was* the directory hierarchy.

At the left the window with directory names in it - what's it for? 

Why is "/" called "File System", "File System" doesn't mean root to me.

It's all *HORRIBLE*!   :-)


Can anyone tell me if it's possible to change this?  (I'm running
fvwm2 as my Window Manager by the way).

-- 
Chris Green