On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:03:35AM +0100, Jenny Hopkins wrote:
On 29/03/07, Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
Ok, getting tired of your rants about it now, just don't use it maybe? or would that be too simple? Your rant where you'd not done some elementary diagnostics has wasted the time of the 300 people subscribed to this list reading your mail and reply because you ranted first and looked at the reason/cause second, getting tired of this now. I don't care about your 30 seconds, but I do care about my time.
Ouch! I do agree with you, Adam, but perhaps this is the time to _gently_ remind newer users the netiquette:
- always carefully check all possible user mistakes before posting
In this case, IMHO, it *wasn't* a 'user' mistake, it's a horrible implementation of a user interface that one can't avoid using sometimes. There is a bug in it because it doesn't cope well with a file system that isn't there some of the time. File systems like this are just about inevitable on any network and a file dialogue that hangs when it hits one is *broken*.
- always do a thorough search of web resources available before
posting, e.g. a google search: many have had the same problems already answered
I did exactly that, and most of what I found was other people complaining about the Gnome/GTK file dialogue. :-) I did find a few hints as to what the problem might be and that was what lead me to the solution.
- remember to thank people on list for their time in answering
questions when you do post, and make your questions and relevant data as concise as possible
I think you'll find I just about always do.
Although my posting was partly to ask for help it was also a (further) comment about the Gnome/GTK file dialogue. This list isn't only a support list, it's a place to talk about Linux and that's exactly what my original message was doing.
Adam is welcome to disagree with me about my comments but they're most definitely on topic!