Dale Sears wrote: > I think having a downloads folder is a good idea, > and I have always created it in my home directory > as the one place where I configure all of my apps > to drop things when I download stuff. Formalizing > this practice would be nice. > > Eventually, most applications might be configured > to check a global downloads preference or for the > existence of ~/Downloads or ~/downloads and offer > this as the default location to the user the > first time the app is used to download something. > > It's better then dumping things in "." or the > desktop or asking me every time where something > should go. > > Doesn't it make sense that there be a global > download directory preference that apps can > reference, and then not bother the user? And > the logical follow-on question is, shouldn't > that preference be preset to ~/Downloads ? > > Apple seems to have made this choice in 10.5. > > I'm only offering it as a suggestion because > it has made sense for me for a great number of > years. I don't know what other folks do with > their downloads, but making the directory and > then educating every app seems tedious and yet > trivial at the same time. It's nice to have > but certainly not back-breaking labor. > > I'll keep doing the same thing I've always > done even if the GUI doesn't try to help me. > > Thanks, > > Dale > > Glynn Foster wrote: > >> Dale Sears wrote: >> >>> Downloads folder on the desktop? >>> >> The current desktop view is a departure to how things currently on with >> OpenSolaris Developer Preview - where we've chosen to not show any icons by >> default. Can you explain the rationale for each icon that you've chosen to >> put >> on the desktop? >> >> I have to admit that I've rarely used any of them during my time using JDS. >> >> >> Glynn >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Yeah. I think it's a step toward productivity to do that. Microsoft also did it too with Vista, IE defaults to ~/Downloads. (C:\Users\username\Downloads)
James
