Re: Ark: extract and quick extract

On Friday 17 July 2009 17:01:16 Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote:

> > There should be a way for user to, "just do it", extract files.
> > The straightforward usage (basic one) should not pay penalty for
> > being able to do more complex things.
>
> I personally think a button that extracts the files without further
> interaction can be quite confusing. 

Why? Forced interaction (just to give some interaction) lowers 
productivity. No giving feedback (information) is another story, user 
should be informed that unpacking was successful/unsuccesful.

> Suppose the user is in $HOME 
> and types 'ark /tmp/foo.zip' in a console. 

Is this the same as typing "ark" and then using GUI 
opening "/tmp/foo.zip"? I guess, yes. 

> If she presses the 
> "quick extract" button, should it extract the files to /tmp or
> $HOME? 

If my guess (above) is correct then in archive (/tmp). "Here" 
means "next to the archive file".

Cheers,
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