Ubuntu
xdg-user-dirs package

  1. Bug #204567
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 204567

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roffik (roffik) wrote : Re: downloads should go to $HOME/Downloads : XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR should be set to "$HOME/Downloads"

@Conn: Sometimes it leads to a mess on desktop, but sometimes it doesn't. It depends on how you organize your files. I'm not saying that this idea is completely without sense, but I think that some people would like to download files directly to their desktops.
I suppose that changes in usability should make everybody happy (if possible), so (again) I propose making an GUI app for configuring dirs. It would be useful in configuring dir for e.g. Photos, too.

I realize that "new" OSs (Vista, 7) have such a dir. I used to use them, and that's the reason why I'm writing these words.

(Firefox 3 uses Downloads folder, both in Vista and 7, as well as Chrome, but the latter uses the wrong one - maybe it has problems with i18n?)