RE: Volume handling proposal

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 10:36, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 11:05, Julien Olivier wrote:
> > > > From: Julien Olivier <julo altern org>
> > > > What's the advantage of storing your documents in ~/Desktop/Documents
> > > > instead of ~/ ? I mean Home is already on the desktop so I don't see the
> > > > point of having Home _and_ Documents on your desktop. 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I'm arguing for the removal of the Home icon from the desktop. For better or 
> > > worst home is not really a good directory for non-technical users to mulling 
> > > (sic?) around in. They can do alot of damage to their setup by using the 
> > > home folder especially considering folders like ~/evolution are not hidden. 
> > > ITs better imo to deem ~/ a system folder that users shouldn't be using to 
> > > work with files. Instead ~/Desktop and its subfolders should be the users 
> > > workspace. 
> > > 
> > 
> > I think that's a very good idea BUT you first have to fix every single
> > app not using GTK (plain X apps, Blender, QT/KDE apps, OpenOffice -
> > maybe Michael Meeks and his team are working on this though - and Java
> > apps) for them to default to ~/Desktop instead of ~/. For example, if
> > OpenOffice defaults saving files in ~/, a normal using won't be able to
> > find the files he's saved because they will be _behind_ his visual root
> > (~/Desktop) and not having Home on the Desktop will make it impossible
> > to reach it except using the command line.
> 
> You don't have to do this at all. You just launch the apps with CWD 
> ~/Desktop.
> 

Sorry, I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip !

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