Re: Pictures default directory.

[John Russell <jjrussell gmail com>]

On 12/12/05, Yo'av Moshe <bjesus gmail com> wrote:
> I partly agree with Jakub. I think F-Spot should monitor ~/Photos by
> default, but on the first "Import" action, note the user that files
> are going to be copied into ~/Photos, and put a "Change..." button.
>
> This way we won't interrupt users on the first start-up with question
> he doesn't know the answer for, and we also keep him aware for what's
> going on.
>

This sounds closer to correct.  In addition the ~/Photos directory
should not initially be created until it is actually required.  That
way someone who doesn't want it there and changes on the very first
import won't have a random directory lying around.

John


> Yo'av.
>
> On 12/9/05, David Moore <dcm mit edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 13:08 -0500, John Stoffel wrote:
> > > I guess this is how I see it:
> > > - f-spot starts up.
> > > - looks for ~/Photos/
> > >   - if it exists, look for ~/Photos/.f-spotrc
> > >     - if it exists, then f-spot owns this directory.
> > >     - if .f-spotrc doesn't exist in ~/Photos, then ASK if you want
> > >       this directory should be managed.
> >
> > I agree 100% with John's logic here.  An application should never start
> > modifying an existing file structure without a) specifically informing
> > the user and allowing them to abort or b) responding to a direct user
> > action that would logically cause the modification.
> >
> > Starting the application for the first time does not count as (b).
> >
> > If popping up a "wizard" upon first launching f-spot is frowned upon by
> > the developers, then I believe the correct action is to _not add any_
> > directory to the catalog.  The user would be required to edit the
> > preferences and specifically add one.
> >
> > Just my 2cents,
> >
> > David
> >
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