Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com> writes:

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> --- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
>> Having said that, I agree to the point you are trying to make
>> here.  It was a mistake to remove blob/tree links from the view
>> that lists pathnames.
>> 
>> If we did not have any obviously clickable links on the right
>> hand side it might have been a different story, but when given
>> UNIXy permission bits, pathname and blame/history/raw links,
>> nobody would think of clicking on the pathname itself to grab
>> its contents.  The blame link would give you the same
>
> I've seen the exact opposite.
>
> BTW, what is our standard here? People with zero-computer
> exposure? With some? With high?
>
> Certainly, if I didn't know what a folder/directory/tree is,
> and what a file is and I was told to "get" that file, the first
> thing I'd do when I see it on the screen would be to "put my pointer
> over the file and press the action button".

I would agree with that if we did not have anything on the right
hand side that attracts eye and hand to tempt clicking.  And
that would be true for all levels of users.

If we replaced UNIXy mode bits with folder/file/symlink icons,
people might be tempted to click on them as well.


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