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Package: konqueror
Build: KDE beta 1.91 20000704
Severity: wishlist

When you copy a file with the same filename from one location to
another location with a file of the same name the error message is
somewhat obscure.  I'll type it below:

File Already Exists
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A newer file $DESTPATH/$DESTFILENAME already exists
  Size $DSIZE
  Created on $DDATECRE
  Modified on $DDATEMOD

The original file is $SOURCEPATH/$SOURCEFILENAME
    Size $SSIZE
    Created on $SDATECRE
    Modified on $SDATEMOD

<Insert textfield here with filename>

[Rename] [Skip] [Auto Skip] [Overwrite] [Overwrite All] [Cancel]




The reason I found the above error message a little obscure is that
it's easy to mix up which file is the source and which file is the
destination.  It's not a big deal on the command line where you have
to actually type in what the source and destination names are but in
a Windowed environment I tend to often forget where I'm copying FROM
and TO because it's a drag-and-drop operation.

Therefore when a message pops up that does not mark the source file
and the destination file I get a little flustered and end up
squinting to read the $FILE and the $DATE.

Finally you're not quite sure what the dialog box is asking you to
do.  You see a textfield and only when you look at the bottom row of
buttons do you have the idea that you may actually be overwriting
files here.

In Windows I never had as much of a problem because it said "Are you
sure you want to overwrite this file?"  (The problem with Windows
though is that it didn't give you the option to rename files.

~~

The second problem I had with this box was the textfield.  It's not
labelled.  Now it's not difficult to identify what the box might be
for but it's a bit of an oversight to leave it unlabelled in my
opinion.

~~

The last problem is the "Auto Skip" button.  Auto Skip?  Is that like
"Skip All"?  (It turns out that it is).  Well why don't we just use
"Skip All" then?

~~

As a small addition I also placed colons after "Size" "Created on"
and "Modified on".

~~

Here's an alternate "File Already Exists" dialog box.

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File Already Exists
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You are about to overwrite

$DESTPATH/$DESTFILENAME
  Size: $DSIZE
  Created on: $DDATECRE
  Modified on: $DDATEMOD

with

$SOURCEPATH/$SOURCEFILENAME
    Size: $SSIZE
    Created on: $SDATECRE
    Modified on: $SDATEMOD

Rename $SOURCEFILENAME to:
<Insert textfield here with filename>

[Rename] [Skip] [Skip All] [Overwrite] [Overwrite All] [Cancel]

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By clearly stating that you are about to overwrite a file the user
understands exactly what is going on and is less likely to make a
mistake.