Spurious or wrong "Desktop" in place list

[Luca Ferretti]

Ubuntu release: 9.04 (jaunty)
Package version: netbook-launcher 1.6.20-0ubuntu2

There are some weirdness in "Desktop" item currently available on left side of netbook-launcher.

First: UNR "desktop" don't show "Destkop" folder content (as plain GNOME Desktop does with nautilus), so IMHO there is no need to expose it in the UI. If you agree on this, we should:
 * remove "Desktop" link on netbook-launcher
 * fix Firefox to download on ~/Downloads (or, better, in download directory
    specified by current user's xdg-user-dirs configuration)
 * maybe remove "Desktop" (or, better, desktop directory specified by current
    user's xdg-user-dirs configuration) from user's home.

Note that the custom Ubuntu used in Dell Mini 9 yet fixes Firefox to use ~/Downloads, maybe this change could performed in ubuntu-netbook-remix-default-settings package

Second: if you disagree on previous point and you want to keep "Desktop" link in netbook-launcher, then there is a bug: the label is always "Desktop", even if you are using a differente language from English and your actual desktop directory is translated by xdg-user-dirs. For example, in my current environment, using Italian language, I've "Desktop" link in netbook-launcher and "Scrivania" elsewhere (direcotry and nautilus UI).

[Paul Larson (pwlars)]

Bug has been moved to Ubuntu distribution

[Luca Ferretti (elle.uca)]

Update; it seems that "Desktop" label can be translated in netbook-launcher PO file. However could be good use the actual name for XDG_DESKTOP_DIR directory, in order to use the same label in file system and in netbook-launcher

[Neil J. Patel (njpatel)]

This is no longer a problem in the latest UNR as there is no 'Desktop' shortcut unless the user specifically adds it! That is obviously also a bug, so the idea is to have the launcher auto-add the 'Desktop' directory by reading XDG_DESKTOP_DIR and that would mean automatically using the correct folder name. So I'm marking this a confirmed as, although not accurate for the interface, it's a good reminder of a feature that needs to be added.

[Neil J. Patel (njpatel)]

In nl-folders-source.c::on_folders_changed, I'd add the current XDG_DESKTOP_DIR and XDG_DOWNLOADS_DIR to the list of folders (if they aren't already in there), and then re-sort the folders by name.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package netbook-launcher - 2.1.8-0ubuntu1

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netbook-launcher (2.1.8-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Fixes second case of blank icon in favorites category; LP: #418958.
    - Should autorespawn on crash/kill; LP: #420522.
    - Avoids spurious Desktop folder in place list; LP: #373218.
  * Drop NO_PKG_MANGLE=1 hack as we have the first full translation export and
    want Rosetta to pick them up in Ubuntu. Translations will disappear until
    next langpack update.

 -- Loic Minier <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:52:28 +0200