Review Request: Make folderview follow some guidelines

[Celeste Lyn Paul]

On Sunday 14 December 2008 10:34:22 Artur Souza (MoRpHeUz) wrote:
> Hey!
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Fredrik Höglund <fredrik at kde.org> wrote:
> > The warning that the desktop folder will be created when the user selects
> > "Show Desktop folder" in the config dialog was carefully worked out in
> > coordination with our usability experts, so I thank you for not removing
> > it.
>
> That's why we are discussing this here and didnt commit
> anything...from aseigo's point of view it shouldnt never create
> automatically the folder thus making the warning useless.

Because he doesn't want to promote the use of the Desktop folder? Personally, 
I agree and strongly dislike the use of the Desktop folder, but it is still 
part of the xdg folder spec isnt' it?  I think it is a better idea to actively 
support it than allow users to configure it passively as another folder. But 
whatever the boss says I guess.

>
> And about the patch itself, a lot of discussion happened in #plasma
> with two different groups and too diferent ideas in two different
> days. The bug reports and these discussions shows that we need to do
> polish some stuff here.
>
> > Your patch doesn't change the fact that the folder will be created when
> > the user selects that option, you've merely changed the default
> > preference when the user hasn't configured anything.
>
> The folder isnt created when it doesnt exist, just tested that. It
> shows a big red "X" with the label: "The file or folder XXX does not
> exist." Can you tell the steps to reproduce it here ?
>
> Ah, btw I couldnt find your username at reviewboard and thus couldnt
> cc you the patch.
>
> Best regards,

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Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org