Re: RFC: Common desktop-wide paths

[Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla hpcf upr edu>]

Danilo Šegan wrote:

> Today at 15:58, Jamie McCracken wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Well would you agree if one uploads pictures from a digital camera it
> > should default to putting it in a picture folder?
> >
> > If so then should it not be the same for downloading images?
> >    
>
> As I already said—no, it shouldn't.  Pictures I created should be
> there (since it's quite probable I'll be creating my own pictures),
> but any downloaded pictures should go someplace else: for now,
> Downloads.
>  
[snip]

> I'd hate to see a mixup of what I did create with what I didn't
> create.  And this is very much user-style (i.e. some users might
> really create music).
>
> Lets not remove at least one separation we already have, and which we
> can easily establish on a system (in most cases): user-created data
> from others' data.
>
> Cheers,
> Danilo
I understand that separation may be quite important for you, but its not 
really that important for me (and probably for other users).
I currently hava a "Picture" folder which contains all types of images 
(downloaded, created, digital photos,etc), organized in sub folders.
Is not that an viable option for a user like you (who consider 
user-created data different from "other's data"), to create that 
separation by using subfolders inside the "Picture" folder?

BTW, I'm in favor of  system-wide folders (Pictures, Music,etc) but the 
apps which are going to use this locations should always provide the 
options of using an "user specified" folder instead of the system default.

I think that in the work scenario, which is typically project oriented 
instead of document oriented, should be considered  an expert or 
advanced use-case which could only fall inside the "desktop-wide 
document folders" model as long as the apps used for each project treat 
the project (an all related files) as one document.  Yeah, I know, 
easier said than done. 

Regards,
Ricardo Veguilla