On Thursday 06 February 2003 01:43, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Why would I store important user data like the default address book, > bookmarks and all that in a hidden directory where the user has to search > very hard if the structure philosophy is unknown? is it really so hard to find these files? IMHO it isn't ... ;)
> I wouldn't. You wouldn't come up with the idea of storing all your emails > there, either, would you? that's different, because it makes no sense to store my emails in a ~/.kde -subdirectory: other mail -programs also store the emails in the ~/ -directory, so 'normally' you can use different email -programs and you can still have your inbox etc. in every single program. [also it's not usual, the possibility exists. and it wouldn't make a sense to let 'mutt' search for the default Mail -folder in a ~/.kde -subdirectory.] > But against everyhting, the _Desktop_ has to be toplevel and not hidden. > Makes absolutely no sense. i normally don't use the Desktop, so for me it's insignificant ... ;) bb
