[Bf-funboard] O.S. Integration and better plugin browser

[Jason van Gumster]

I disagree.  One thing I really like about Blender is that it's
consistent across all platforms.  Whether I'm using it in Linux, on
Windows, on a Mac, or even my mobile phone, Blender is still the same
Blender it always is.  It's simple, effective, and consistent (and
it has nice thumbnail images in SVN right now).  Granted, it's not
perfect, but I think there are definitely good reasons for keeping it
as is.

For those occasions where the file browsers open in a narrow window,
I'll either ESC to another window or simply SHIFT+SPACE to maximize
that window; so it's really a non-issue for me.  Though, perhaps, as
someone else mentioned, going to full screen should be the default
behavior.

  -Fweeb

Alessandro Preziosi <lsnpreziosi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I know what you mean, and I think you're right.
> It would only take blender to use the standard OS window for
> operations like Open and Save. Anyway I think there's a reason why
> they made the "OPEN view" inside blender itself, like the other
> panels, but I don't understand it. Personally I don't like it, I'd
> prefer the "native" OS window with its icons, previews and its
> intuitiveness. If there aren't good reasons to keep it as it is,
> let's change it!
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Flávio Cardoso Ferreira Pontes <flaviocpontes at gmail.com>
> To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:53:43 AM
> Subject: [Bf-funboard] O.S. Integration and better plugin browser
> 
> 
> What I would really like to see in blender is better integration with
> the underlying O.S.
> 
> For instance, I would like to see the Network Neighborhood in the file
> browser window, a proper list of fonts in the text object.
> 
> As a designer, I find it annoying to browse the fonts by filename...
> 
> That's my wish... ;-)