[Lazarus] Is Lazarus project in a downward spiral?

[Florian Klaempfl]

Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb:
> On 7 March 2010 10:47, Florian Klaempfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
>> ... and the functionality is less: just one example: Drag and Drop between
>> explorer and file dialogs does not work in MSEgui,
> 
> I'm sure that will be a quick fix for Martin, it if was brought to his
> attention. To be honest, no matter what platform, I have never even
> consider the action of drag-drop into a File Open dialog. Yes I have
> done drag-drop into a application window, but never into a File Dialog
> window. It's just amazing how each person works differently. :)
> 
> 
>> neither the context menu
>> works, so one can not create folders, rename files etc.
> 
> I always smile when I see such comments - I guess it's a matter of
> oppinion. What is a "file open dialog"? Maybe the name will give you a
> hint? Yes, to select a file to open. If you want to manage files or
> folders, then user Windows Explorer, Total Commander, Double
> Commander, Nautilus etc... That's what the file manager applications
> were designed for.

When saving a file I often realize that I would
- overwrite an old one so I rename the old one
- or that I want to have it in a new folder
- I'd like to see the SCM status
- see modification date or whatever
- ...
Why should I waste time and change to a different program while I could 
do this in the file open/save dialog?