Using xdg-user-dirs for the gutsy desktop

Luis de Bethencourt bethencourt at gmail.com
Mon Jun 18 15:47:27 BST 2007


If old downloaded stuff is not needed anymore it should be deleted,
and if it is of use it should be moved to it's proper category. If
not, you will have a messy desktop and stuff in several places.

Luis de Bethencourt

On 6/18/07, Erik Andrén <erik.andren at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 2007/6/18, Luis de Bethencourt <bethencourt at gmail.com>:
> > Very nice, I think this will improve a lot Ubuntu's user-friendliness
> > for new users.
> >
> > I suggest taking "Download" out of the list to have the magic 7. As
> > most people download stuff to the Desktop, and then move it to it's
> > proper place (depending on what hey have just downloaded).
>
> Isn't a desktop, cluttered with old download garbage something we want to
> avoid?
>
> /Erik
>
> > Luis de Bethencourt
> >
> > On 6/18/07, Sebastien Bacher <seb128 at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > Le lundi 18 juin 2007 à 09:18 -0400, Saad Shakhshir a écrit :
> > > > What is templates for?
> > >
> > > You can copy document templates there and they will be available in the
> > > right click "create document" then
> > >
> > > >   And what is special about Public - by default users can read each
> > > > other's home directories anyway.
> > >
> > > It's the directory shared on the network when you install
> > > gnome-user-share
> > >
> > >
> > > Sebastien Bacher
> > >
> > >
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