In user-dirs.defaults, currently DOWNLOAD=Download. Setting DOWNLOAD=Downloads is more consistent with the plural form folder names in $HOME:
Plural (the rule):
Templates
Documents
Music (arguable)
Pictures
Videos
Singular (exceptional cases):
Desktop: Special case, corresponds to a place.
Public: A bit strange. Maybe "Shared Items" is better, but I digress.
The DOWNLOAD directory contains discreet entities of a common type "Download". There are possibly many entities of type "Download" in the directory, so the folder should be called "Downloads".
Additionally, Mac OS, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 use a directory called "Downloads" so switchers may be slightly confused when they are looking for "Downloads" and see "Download" instead.
In user-dirs.defaults, currently DOWNLOAD=Download. Setting DOWNLOAD=Downloads is more consistent with the plural form folder names in $HOME:
Plural (the rule):
Templates
Documents
Music (arguable)
Pictures
Videos
Singular (exceptional cases):
Desktop: Special case, corresponds to a place.
Public: A bit strange. Maybe "Shared Items" is better, but I digress.
The DOWNLOAD directory contains discreet entities of a common type "Download". There are possibly many entities of type "Download" in the directory, so the folder should be called "Downloads".
Additionally, Mac OS, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 use a directory called "Downloads" so switchers may be slightly confused when they are looking for "Downloads" and see "Download" instead.