[haiku] Re: "Pictures" folder? (aka; default folders in /home/ for common media types)
- From: Mark Watts <miraiwarren@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:35:17 -0500
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Jon Yoder <darkwyrm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/14/2012 04:21 PM, Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Pete Goodeve <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> One real convenience would be if WebPositive could use the mime-type
>>> of the file it's downloading to direct it to a suitable folder
>>> (user-specifiable
>>> again of course). I don't know any browser that does that currently.
>>> [Not suggesting an immediate implementation, (:-)), but eventually...]
>>>
>> Actually this idea has been tossed around before, but in a more
>> generic design called the sorting chute:
>>
>> http://www.haiku-os.org/glass_**elevator/rfc/sorting_chute<http://www.haiku-os.org/glass_elevator/rfc/sorting_chute>
>>
>> The latest Firefox offers the last directory you saved to on a per site
basis. I haven't looked into it much, and it seems a bit inconsistent, but
generally gets things right. I could see using that idea with a "source"
attribute. If it was user configurable (by some subset/simplified regex on
urls), it would be pretty sweet.
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Regards,
Mark Watts
College of Natural Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
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