Quote Originally Posted by MarkoSan View Post
jpn, was my idea good or bad?
Well, then he couldn't use the convenient static method (which creates an instance of QFileDialog) but he would have to instantiate a custom subclass by hand. Don't you think using built-in translation mechanisms is better anyway than writing custom subclasses for everything you want to translate?

Disclaimer: But of course, when using those static methods of QFileDialog, this approach will only work on X11 because native dialogs are used on Windows and Mac.