Re: RFC: Common desktop-wide paths

[Steven Garrity <stevelist silverorange com>]

Marc O'Morain wrote:
> The original proposal suggested creating the folderset in $HOME:
> $HOME/Documents
> $HOME/Downloads
> $HOME/Photos
> $HOME/Music
> $HOME/Video

All of this sounds good to me. However, I'm not sure there is really a 
need for a "Downloads" directory. Most downloads would be of a type that 
should end up in Documents, Photos, Music, or Video.

I realize the advantage would be to have a default place for 
applications to put downloads - but as the default download destination 
is usually temporary, wouldn't it be better to put downloads right on 
the desktop where they are more visible?

Steven Garrity