** Description changed: I saved an image to my desktop (it was the django pony wallpaper (http://www.djangopony.com/)). I then set this as the desktop wallpaper by right clicking on the desktop and selecting "Change Desktop Wallpaper". A while later (today), I wanted to clean up my desktop and right clicked on the image, and selected "Delete". A popup warned me that this would remove the image. I clicked OK and the image disappeared. However my desktop wallpaper changed immediatly to a dull brown colour. Obviously there is only one copy of the image stored when you set something as the wallpaper, however I thought it was otherwise. I'd suggest that when someone sets something as the wallpaper, it stores a copy of that image somewhere else to prevent things like this from happening. - $ lsb_release -rd - Description: Ubuntu 8.10 - Release: 8.10 + ##### + + Wallpapers should only change when users change them explicitly, or when they + modify the source image. Some user stories exercising the appropriate behavior: + + Lola downloads a photograph of her boyfriend, todd.jpg, and sets the image + as her wallpaper, either via appearance settings, or within EoG, Firefox, etc. + If Lola opens the image afterwards in GIMP and does color correction, red-eye + elimination, and crops the photo, these changes should be reflected in the + desktop wallpaper. However, if Lola moves the photo from ~/Downloads to + ~/Pictures, her wallpaper does not change. Later, if she renames ~/Pictures + to ~/Photos, her wallpaper does not change. If she moves the photo to another + partition, her wallpaper does not change. + + Celine saves a Facebook photo to her Desktop by dragging it from her + browser window onto her Desktop. She then opens her appearance preferences and + sets the image as her wallpaper. The next day, Celine sees an file names + hd8dh8ed_djs9dh.jpg on her Desktop. She selects it and presses her delete key + and the file is deleted. Her wallpaper does not fade to black at this point -- + it remains unchanged. + + The crucial thing we are preventing here is the wallpaper changing without + explicit user consent. We are only focused on the active wallpaper image -- not the + entire set of photos that the user can choose from when opening her Appearance + preferences. Most users don't think like programs do, so may not + understand why deleting a file (or worse, a seemingly unrelated folder) changes + their wallpaper.
** Description changed: I saved an image to my desktop (it was the django pony wallpaper (http://www.djangopony.com/)). I then set this as the desktop wallpaper by right clicking on the desktop and selecting "Change Desktop Wallpaper". A while later (today), I wanted to clean up my desktop and right clicked on the image, and selected "Delete". A popup warned me that this would remove the image. I clicked OK and the image disappeared. However my desktop wallpaper changed immediatly to a dull brown colour. Obviously there is only one copy of the image stored when you set something as the wallpaper, however I thought it was otherwise. I'd suggest that when someone sets something as the wallpaper, it stores a copy of that image somewhere else to prevent things like this from happening. ##### Wallpapers should only change when users change them explicitly, or when they modify the source image. Some user stories exercising the appropriate behavior: - Lola downloads a photograph of her boyfriend, todd.jpg, and sets the image + Lola downloads a photograph of her boyfriend, todd.jpg, and sets the image as her wallpaper, either via appearance settings, or within EoG, Firefox, etc. If Lola opens the image afterwards in GIMP and does color correction, red-eye elimination, and crops the photo, these changes should be reflected in the desktop wallpaper. However, if Lola moves the photo from ~/Downloads to ~/Pictures, her wallpaper does not change. Later, if she renames ~/Pictures to ~/Photos, her wallpaper does not change. If she moves the photo to another partition, her wallpaper does not change. - Celine saves a Facebook photo to her Desktop by dragging it from her + Celine saves a Facebook photo to her Desktop by dragging it from her browser window onto her Desktop. She then opens her appearance preferences and - sets the image as her wallpaper. The next day, Celine sees an file names + sets the image as her wallpaper. The next day, Celine sees an file named hd8dh8ed_djs9dh.jpg on her Desktop. She selects it and presses her delete key - and the file is deleted. Her wallpaper does not fade to black at this point -- - it remains unchanged. + and the file is deleted. Her wallpaper does not fade to black at this point--it remains unchanged. The crucial thing we are preventing here is the wallpaper changing without explicit user consent. We are only focused on the active wallpaper image -- not the entire set of photos that the user can choose from when opening her Appearance preferences. Most users don't think like programs do, so may not understand why deleting a file (or worse, a seemingly unrelated folder) changes their wallpaper. -- Deleting an image that's used as a desktop wallpaper removed it as a wallpaper without notice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344228 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
