how to deal with cameras on Hardy

[H.S.]

H.S. wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to see how are cameras dealt with in Hardy. At present, if a
> digital camera is connected via USB cable, f-spot pops up and gets the
> photos and the photos can be saved to a folder (not sure if this is
> necessary if f-spot keeps the photos in its own database).
> 
> However, no camera icon appears on the desktop.
> 
> I was wondering how to:
> 1. Make a camera icon appears on the desktop (while not having to have
> others disks volumes appears as well).
> 2. Get the photos to a folder instead of in to f-spot (not familiar with
> f-spot, is it a viable option for a total newbie to computers?).
> 
> The main idea is to let the user attach the camera via a USB cable, a
> file browser pop up showing the camera contents from which the photos
> can be dragged to a destination folder of the user's choice. This is
> much more intuitive than f-spot (at least at preset) for the new user
> since the user is already familiar with file copying and deleting and
> not familiar with f-spot's GUI at all.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Thanks.

Morever, is it me or does f-spot in Hardy try to import photos into
"Photos" folder? That folder does not exist, but "Pictures" does. I have
set f-spot's destination folder to Pictures for now.

What is other experienced users' take on this?

Thanks.

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