Does anyone like the new file selection boxes? It had me totally confused when I first came across it, the 'directory/folder' window just has the words Home, Desktop and Filesystem in it - it took me quite a while to realise that Filesystem means /. I'm still not sure if I know what Desktop means. ... and nowhere does it display the full path as you navigate. This is Firefox 1.5 release candidate by the way.
It is rather similar to the latest Windows save dialogs.
Such is the price of progress!
I haven't looked at firefox 1.5, but the concept of having a directory (?) called "Desktop" is nonsense on the whole, in a Unix / Linux environment. The "Desktop" should be the login directory -- as far as I can tell, the whole silly idea of having a "Desktop" directory is an atavism from the history of some other operating systems which used to not have a proper (multi-) user management, as a simple means to conceal the clutter of files in the top level directory of the boot partition...
In a historical sense yes - Windows XP generally has the folder 'Documents and settings' and inside that users, and inside that 'Desktop' which acts as the folder in which your desktop settings are installed. Because they expect their users to store other data in their user folder (application settings etc) they meerly move the actuall desktop directory to being the 'username/Desktop' directory. I believe this is customizable AND overridable in the registry. I also believe this is controllable in Gnome / KDE ? You can specify what directory you want to be your 'desktop'
Erm - right - the desktop, even in Windows, is per user, and has been since ~ win 95. Even before that, in Win 3.11 it was possible to give different people different access to things. Technically, I think you'll find that the main reason for Desktop appearing these days is that KDE and Gnome both have desktop areas, which are just a directory within the users home.
There is of course the all users - this is a nice handy override which allows common shortcuts and is very useful if you have a multiple account, single user style computer (by which I mean many users, but only one physically using it at a time.
I guess your average user (of which we have none of in Alug) only want a KDE / Gnome / Windows style interface with minimal customization.
BTW - does the Firefox 1.5 release support SVG ? I have had to run Deer Park Alpha to get that support.
JT