Re: Default path of open location on desktop

[Todd Chambery <todd chambery gmail com>]

I agree.  I always "restart" to $HOME after hitting ctrl-l on the
desktop.  As Guillaume says, the Desktop folder is already available.

Todd

On 8/3/05, Guillaume Desmottes <cass skynet be> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> When a user type CTRL+L on his desktop to open a folder, there is two
> main case:
> 
> * he wants to go to a arbitrary folder of the system and will type its
> absolute path (starting with the /)
> * he wants to go to a subfolder of his home
> 
> Actually the default path into the open location is $HOME/Desktop. This
> path is selected so the user can directly type a absolute path.
> But if he wants to go to a subfolder of its home, he have to hit "End",
> erase the "Desktop" and then type the path to the folder from his home.
> 
> I think it will be better to have just $HOME like default path.
> That will change nothing for the first case and increase the second:
> need just to hit "End" and can start to type the rest of the path.
> Furthermore, i don't know that many people want to open nautilus into
> their Desktop folder (it will be stupid, it's already open...on the
> desktop) but they more often want to open their home; so it will be a
> better default path.
> 
>         G.
> 
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