Because sometimes they download something, and expect to be able to find it later ... I think this is how a desktop background got disappeared in one case.
On 15/05/07, Alexander Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:15:50PM -0000, Sean Kennedy wrote: > > Yes, I think the general Downloads dir would get too crowded. > > What about a personal downloads directory (like was originally > proposed), > > say ~/.webfiles or ~/.firefox/webfiles? Things downloaded to this > directory > > should be saved read-only so the user will be prompted to save the file > > somewhere else if they edit it (from whatever program they use to edit > it). > > It should be possible to have this directory automatically cleaned when > the > > other personal data is cleaned, probably with a warning though, like > when > > forgetting saved passwords (I think that is the one with the warning). > > There should be a way, for those who like the current behaviour, and > know > > what they're doing, to change this directory back to /tmp. > > Then why not just save as read-only and keep the downloads in tmp? > > - Alexander > > -- > Users should be discouraged from editing temporary files > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15179 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Users should be discouraged from editing temporary files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15179 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
