2007/4/17, Thilo Pfennig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am not sure which this is the right list so I wrote to usability and i18n. > > I think we have an issue with application defaults directories. Some > applications always use english directory names. The problem with that > is that the user might have created a mudic directory with a name in > his native language and that then each new installed application that > has a fixed default path writes to the english directory. > > So I think instead of including default paths I like to suggest that > GNOME introduces variables that define a default folder that can be > translated. > > So maybe the default Music folder becomes "$HOME/Music", but that this > is already changed on first log in if the users has another default > language and so this variable in gconf is replaced by a localized > alternative. > > Further I suggest that the user can reconfig the paths (maybe even > change this to a network path) and that applications are encouraged to > respect those paths instead of using a default (english) folder. > > A common solution is to make a link from "Music" to another localized > folder, but this solution rather defines english as the main language. > I also think that a changeable variable can be much more flexible and > also allows sharing of location information between applications (if > they want it). So this should be similar to the network proxy config > or gnome-volume-properties. It just makes no sense to have every > single app control a shared destination. > > A translated directory would make GNOME look much more user friendly and > usable. > > Any thoughts on this? > > Thilo > -- > Thilo Pfennig > http://issues.foresightlinux.org/confluence/x/R > _______________________________________________ > gnome-i18n mailing list > gnome-i18n@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n >
You're right! Already in progress: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2007-February/msg00140.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2007-February/thread.html#9343 Regards, Stéphane _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
