Version:           2.13 (using KDE 4.3.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

I wanted to make an archive with Ark today, and there was one thing that really bugged me, and that made it impossible (!) for me to create an archive. I had to refer to kde forums to understand how Ark archive creation works.

So, from my computer experience, that's how generally creating a file in a program looks like (very simplified):

User provides the program with input files (names/path to them etc.) and then selects the path/name for output file, and clicks Save.

Maybe you get my point already. From my perspective, creating an archive in Ark is totally unintuitive, because it does it exactly from the "other side". 

After opening Ark, there is only a possibility to name/provide a path for the resulting future output file, clicking "Save" and ONLY THEN a possibility to choose the input file(s). Unbelievably confusing and misleading.

There's a simple fix - let a user choose input files at the start of Ark, then let them hit "Save" to create archive.