#8245: Browse prohibits normal file upload for local or deeply nested files
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Reporter: sj | Owner: Eben
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: high | Milestone: 9.1.0
Component: design | Version: not specified
Resolution: | Keywords:
Next_action: communicate | Verified: 0
Blockedby: | Blocking:
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Comment(by Eben):
As SJ noted, the new object chooser now allows one to sort/filter the
list, which goes a long way to improving things already. We hope to
improve it further by adding a favorites filter, to narrow down the list
to the starred entries. It also supports looking on external devices for
files as well. I also hope to add palettes to the entries, to provide
previews and other details about them while looking through the list.
I envision adding a view toggle from list to hierarchy for external
devices. It might also be possible to later add this for the local
filesystem as well, though I'd hesitate to do so until the datastore
itself stores files in a manner that can be accessed from this view.
You also mention the bundle dilemma, since right now there is no good way
to access internals of bundles. We now have a group (a class) working on
the ever-elusive Bundle activity, which will handle viewing and creating
of bundles, and allow kids to move things into and out of them, and thus
allowing them to place any wanted files into the Journal for future use,
accessible from the object chooser.
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