On 12/12/05, Yo'av Moshe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I partly agree with Jakub. I think F-Spot should monitor ~/Photos by > default, but on the first "Import" action, note the user that files > are going to be copied into ~/Photos, and put a "Change..." button. > > This way we won't interrupt users on the first start-up with question > he doesn't know the answer for, and we also keep him aware for what's > going on. >
This sounds closer to correct. In addition the ~/Photos directory should not initially be created until it is actually required. That way someone who doesn't want it there and changes on the very first import won't have a random directory lying around. John > Yo'av. > > On 12/9/05, David Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 13:08 -0500, John Stoffel wrote: > > > I guess this is how I see it: > > > - f-spot starts up. > > > - looks for ~/Photos/ > > > - if it exists, look for ~/Photos/.f-spotrc > > > - if it exists, then f-spot owns this directory. > > > - if .f-spotrc doesn't exist in ~/Photos, then ASK if you want > > > this directory should be managed. > > > > I agree 100% with John's logic here. An application should never start > > modifying an existing file structure without a) specifically informing > > the user and allowing them to abort or b) responding to a direct user > > action that would logically cause the modification. > > > > Starting the application for the first time does not count as (b). > > > > If popping up a "wizard" upon first launching f-spot is frowned upon by > > the developers, then I believe the correct action is to _not add any_ > > directory to the catalog. The user would be required to edit the > > preferences and specifically add one. > > > > Just my 2cents, > > > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > > F-spot-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list > > > > > -- > Yo'av Moshe > http://www.PlaceOnEarth.org > _______________________________________________ > F-spot-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list > _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
