Comment 83 for bug 382703

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:53 PM, <email address hidden>
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Here are the options I see. Every one just gives new papercuts.
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> 1. Change the folder it points to to the actual /home folder
> - which is a folder a normal user wouldn't care about.
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> 2. Ad " 's folder" to username
> - This would assume too much about what a username is. If I have a username
> "cars" for some reason, the folder would be labeled "cars's folder".
> Languages have too many crazy rules for this to work even in english.
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> 3. Simply use the username as is
> - Thus we would be going to Places>nathan. Aside from being uncapitalized
> (by necessity, think iTunes vs ITunes), this is a poor metaphor for a
> desktop. It forces the user to think of "nathan" as a directory, rather than
> a name.
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> 4. Leave the bug untreated, or at best combining both to Home Folder.
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> 4 isn't even treating the issue.
> 1 and 2 make new problems which aren't easily overcome
> 3 is thus the least bad, and I think the only real solution we have
> available without changing the way we organize files.
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> "Home Folder" has 3 different names
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382703
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> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged
> Status in Nautilus: Confirmed
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
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> Bug description:
> "Home Folder" is called "Home Folder" in the Places menu, "Home" in
> nautilus toolbar and by user's name everywhere else.
> It should use a consistent name across the whole system..
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> Design Spec: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneHundredPaperCuts/Spec/382703
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