Absolute addresses can be useful too. Specially, when one is making a web site and, let's say, the logo has to be included in many pictures, then one doesn't need several copies of the logo. If the logo changes a bit, it's fine if all the SVG pictures including it change at once, and if the SVG pictures can be moved without the links being rewritten.
I think the import dialog could give 3 alternatives, not 2 as in Inkscape 0.48.0: "embedded"/"linked to absolute address"/"linked to relative link" and explain the 3, for instance: "Use absolute address for pictures you won't copy and whose address is stable and can be shared, specially pictures on the web, including pictures in your website.".
Absolute addresses can be useful too. Specially, when one is making a web site and, let's say, the logo has to be included in many pictures, then one doesn't need several copies of the logo. If the logo changes a bit, it's fine if all the SVG pictures including it change at once, and if the SVG pictures can be moved without the links being rewritten.
I think the import dialog could give 3 alternatives, not 2 as in Inkscape 0.48.0: "embedded"/"linked to absolute address"/"linked to relative link" and explain the 3, for instance: "Use absolute address for pictures you won't copy and whose address is stable and can be shared, specially pictures on the web, including pictures in your website.".