[lubuntu-devel] Problem in Lu 20.04 w/ "open file" "dialogue" window showing no contents

[Fritz Hudnut]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 8:58 AM Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 06:19:37PM -0800, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
> > Yep, thought you were a cyclist
>
> The daily steed is a Bike Friday pakiT with a fixed gear belt drive.
>
> > Anyway, on the ride I was mulling over your cryptic statement that, "Your
> > Downloads folder is not your Downloads folder . . . maaannnn . . . " cue
> > voice of George Carlin . . . .
>
> If you're name-dropping George Carlin you are most certainly not young
> XD I do my best thinking on a bike, too. Anyways, yeah, it's a little
> strange. I know the reason why (sandboxing) but I agree it's a poor user
> experience. Unfortunately, that's about all I can offer. Beyond that,
> it's a matter of talking to the Snap team. I *HIGHLY* recommend you make
> friends with Alan Pope/popey who responded to your thread as he plays a
> role not unlike a community liason in his employment at Canonical. If
> anyone can help you communicate effectively to the right people, it's
> him.
>
> --
>        @wxl | polka.bike
> C563 CAC5 8BE1 2F22 A49D
> 68F6 8B57 A48B C4F2 051A
>

wxl:

Yep, no longer physically young . . . so OK, folding bike, looks amusing .
. . I might see a few down here on the LA bike path . . . .

OK, "build a friendship" for some reason "Alan Pope" sounded vaguely
familiar, if he's been on the forums for awhile . . . but, not sure how to
"make friends" on a forum . . . follow along on his posts and "like" all of
them, or post, "Hey, Popey, that's a great point!!!" on threads that aren't
mine each time he posts something . . . I'd be like the verbose friendly
stalker that he would grow to accept???  : - ))))))

Well, I'll check back on that thread and see if anything transpires . . .
on it with him.  I got another email from the psychoanalystic mod . . .
basically reaffirming his belief that he did the right thing by cleaning my
post out of that thread . . . don't really have time to point out the
obvious to folks who have made up their minds that snaps is the wave of the
future . . . .  But, certainly if it was made more clear that snaps is
opening it's own version of the "Downloads" folder it might "give a clue"
and the end user might "figure it out"?????
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