Comment # 7
on bug 1237
from Guy Harris
The *default* behavior should be whatever the desktop environment's UI
guidelines say.
For OS X, the Human Interface Guidelines say of the Open dialog:
Specify a reasonable default location. [blah blah blah iCloud which we
don't support].
For other dialogs, the default location is typically one of the predefined
folders in the user’s home folder. If the user selects a different folder, make
sure you remember the user’s selection so that it appears the next time the
dialog is displayed.
and of the Save dialog:
Specify a reasonable default location. The default location appears in the
Where pop-up menu (in the minimal Save dialog) and in the Finder view (in the
expanded Save dialog). Typically, the default location is one of the predefined
folders in the user’s home folder. If the user selects a different folder, make
sure you remember the user’s selection so that it appears the next time the
dialog is displayed.
For Windows, the Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines say of the Open
dialog:
* For the initial default folder, use a specialized folder (Pictures,
Music, Videos) as appropriate, otherwise use Documents.
* For subsequent default folders, use the last folder opened by the user
using the program.
and of the Save dialog:
* For the initial default folder (if a new file is being saved for the
first time), use the specialized folder (Pictures, Music, Videos) as
appropriate, otherwise use Documents.
...
* For subsequent defaults (if the file already exists), use the file's
current folder and name.
Neither the KDE nor GNOME HI guidelines seem to give that much detail (or much
of *any* detail) about the desired behavior of the Open or Save/Save As
dialogs.
So the *default* behavior should start out either in a Captures directory or in
a Documents directory or in $HOME if the indicated directory doesn't exist, but
remember the directory you last selected and use it again.
Having an *option* to use the current working directory as the initial
directory would be reasonable.
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