Wrong folder used for saving received files

[Milo Casagrande]

Binary package hint: empathy

When I receive a file with Empathy, and I have to choose where to save the file, the default directory that appears in the save dialog is always "File system" (the root directory). This behavior could be misleading to normal users or to users that are not paying attention where exactly the file will be saved.

The same "problem" is present when I want to send a file to a user. If I choose Contact -> Send file, the default directory to select a file from, is always the root one.

IMHO, sane defaults could be:
- $HOME/Downloads (the default XDG directory for downloads) for receiving files
- $HOME for sending files

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 10 21:43:42 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
Package: empathy 2.29.92-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: empathy
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686

[Milo Casagrande (milo)]

BTW, this is happening to me also in Karmic.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612672

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

This is now fixed upstream

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

This bug is fixed in empathy 2.29.93 which is now in Lucid. Thanks for the bug report.