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I guess because I'm in a bit of a mood thanks to arguing with Linux Desktop evangelists lately, I'd like to point out that Rox Filer implemented exactly this file saving functionality (and many other good ideas RiscOS) on Linux. Then they built Rox Desktop around it. It was great. There were AppDirs, context-menu-only, spacial file management, drag-n-drop to save, etc. Naturally, the project's reward for trying to im…
You assume ROX was better than anything on the Linux desktop the time, that assumption would be false. Rox didn't do anything extraordinary or better than the desktops or window managers of the day.
I don't assume, I know because I was there.
> that assumption would be false. Rox didn't do anything extraordinary or better than the desktops or window managers of the day.
Name a single modern Linux DE that supports drag-n-drop saving, or AppDirs.
An answer of "I don't use those features so therefore they aren't important" is not acceptable.