Opened 4 years ago
Last modified 3 years ago
#14393 new defect
Users may be confused by relocated directories
Reported by: | mikeperry | Owned by: | tbb-team |
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Priority: | Medium | Milestone: | |
Component: | Applications/Tor Browser | Version: | |
Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | tbb-usability |
Cc: | Actual Points: | ||
Parent ID: | Points: | ||
Reviewer: | Sponsor: |
Description
The fact that we set $HOME to the Tor Browser folder for most platforms may be confusing to users. The download and open dialogs default to weird locations for the user's Documents, Desktop, home, and Download folders. I wonder if we can fix this without letting Tor Browser otherwise leak outside its directory.
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First, let's recap how these directories are defined.
As a result:
What I personally find most annoying, though, is that typing "~" in the save dialog doesn't yield my home directory, but rather, the Browser directory. So let me ask, is it really necessary to set HOME to begin with? Are there any parts of the bundle that store files relative to HOME, rather than relative to XDG_CONFIG_HOME / XDG_DATA_HOME / XDG_CACHE_HOME?