On 23 Dec 2013, at 14:05, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm@gmail.com> wrote:
On 23 Dec 2013, at 01:17, Johan Fabry <jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote:
On Dec 22, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Mark Bestley <st@bestley.co.uk> wrote:
On 22/12/2013 14:04, Johan Fabry wrote:
Also, I think it is very wrong to keep the images in the Library folder by default. The Library is "hidden" and a "black magic - do not touch" area for the common user. A sensible default is the Documents folder.
If a user thinks the Library is black magic then they won't be manipulating images outside of Pharo and PharoLauncher. (as I don't think they will be capable of doing so)
This is wrong. A mac user not ever touch his songs directly, it uses iTunes, yet his music files are at "Music/iTunes Musicâ, not hidden. Same applies for pharo images. Even if you are not going to touch them, you still want them in a visible place (for copying, backing, sharing, etc.). Or just because. The default folder has to be Documents/Pharo, not some hard to access place.
A pharo image is NOT an obscure configuration library. Is much more like a document or a song than a preference.
Ah⦠and vmware and parallels also keep their images by default at Documents folder.
I am a counter-example. *I* think the Library is black magic and I manipulate images in the finder.
I think this is a misreading of Apple's directory design. It is for more than preferences and caches but for all app-specific files
I am not knowledgeable on the design intent of Apple. I am just a user, and looking at what is inside the Library folder is scary. I have no documents of mine in there.
I will stop here, I think I made my point. Feel free to disagree :-)
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