On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:40:00 +0000 Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday, 22 December 2005 at 22:45:45 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > Richard wrote: > > > > >2005/12/22, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > >>Hi all > > >> > > >>I am using Sid and it seems i found a bug in de latest mozilla > > >>package. I am not sure if this is a mozilla bug or a debian package > > >>bug so i ask here if more people can confirm this. I am also using KDE > > >>and every time when i download something it is dropped in de > > >>/home/user/Desktop directory while it was before always dropped in de > > >>/home/user directory. I find it pretty annoying to mv these files > > >>every time to my home directory from the Desktop directory but it > > >>seems i can not set the Download directory in de preferences menu to > > >>/home/user. I can set it to /home or even / (but the user doesn't have > > >>write rights there) but when i set it to /home/user there is always > > >>Desktop selected. Even when the /home/user directory is already set in > > >>the about:config page. > > >> > > >>TIA > > >> > > >>Richard > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Sorry ... I mean i am using Mozilla-Firefox 1.5 > > > > > > > > I see the same behaviour here, with FF 1.5 on KDE on Sid. > > This seems to be part of a sort of creeping windozification. Quite a > lot of apps now default to this mythical Desktop directory (with the > irritating capitalization) -- hardly the place you would want to file > everything or anything-- and a lot of others show only an even more > mythical Home directory which is actually a completely unnecessary and > annoying alias for ~/. I don't see why there is an urge to hide the > directory structure from the users -- at the very least it imposes a few > extra mouse clicks to open 'filesystem' and then navigate to where you > want to be. > > I suppose that is just another grumpy old man response... > > -- > richard > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Actually i totally agree, and i'm a long time windows user. It only makes users more alienated with their computers. I think a basic understanding of the directory structure is a must for *every* user. Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
