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[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/04/2011 01:12 PM, Luke Benstead wrote:
>     another thing that disturbed me was that i now had no generic
>     place to put stuff which i didn't want to have in my face all the
>     time..
>
>
>
> ^^ this
>
> I only ever use the desktop for stuff I need temporarily or that is 
> yet to be organized. I wish there was a corner of the screen where I 
> could drag files into a "box" that was then hidden away 
> (autohide-style) where I could retrieve them later. I'd also like to 
> be able to save files to this box (e.g. download files to it). 
> Sometimes I'd like to empty it (which would move the files to the 
> rubbish bin). I'm visualising a slide-out drawer here.
>
> The big problem with using the Desktop for this functionality is you 
> have to clear your workspace while you access the contents. What I'd 
> like, (and I'm sure I'm not alone) is a globally and quickly 
> accessible temporary storage area which is similar to the Rubbish Bin, 
> but more accessible and for stuff not necessarily destined for deletion.

how about a place called "Recent" ?
Places > Recent.
e.g. Applications could offer it for File>Open Recent.
or you could select it in the gtk-file-chooser thingy e.g. on "import" 
or "open" in just about any application.

Imagine:
you just downloaded a .gif from a website, now you opened the GIMP and 
you want to open the file in the GIMP (that's how many people do it): 
you don't even have to remember anymore, where you dropped it to! just 
find the recently downloaded, received or created object in 
Places>Recent, select it, click open.

In this case, Places>Recent would need to be forgetful, dumping its 
content into Places>Archive after a while (or when it's getting 
crowded.. for v2.0 ;) )

> Luke.

thanks so much for the link to the board project in your previous mail!!!