RE: Volume handling proposal

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Paolo Borelli [mailto:pborelli katamail com] 
> > With the new file selector, maybe we can start making the desktop
> > directory the primary storage area for files?  The cycle is 
> really ugly,
> > and will be an instant screw-up for the spatial file 
> manager model.  The
> > Desktop also has the benefit of being totally user-managed, 
> which makes
> > it a better place for them to be putting files.
> > 
> 
> I admit I don't use ~=Desktop so I may be biased, but I don't 
> like this.
> Even if it is more elegant in theory, I think it has drawbacks in
> practice: the principal of which is that the desktop doesn't have
> scrolling bars, so what happens when you have more files than those
> which fit on the desktop?

Folders.

> Beside I find pretty useful to use the list view on the 
> folder I use for
> dowloaded files in order to sort by name, date etc when I look for I
> file; that would become more painful if downloaded files were on the
> desktop.

You'd have that in folders.

Personally I'd prefer $HOME/Desktop/Documents to begin with, but I'm not
that bothered.

Murray Cumming
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