Reduce the number of default sidebar locations and make them configurable
Currently we have 10 items in the places sidebar by default (Recent, Starred, Home, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Trash, Other Locations). This is really too many. Also, many of these locations won't be of interest to users, who may not be frequently using Documents/Music/Pictures/Videos.
A better design would start with a smaller number of defaults, and allow users to customise which locations are displayed. That way, the sidebar contain a greater proportion of locations that are frequently used.
The designs for this change can be found here. The main elements are:
- Show Home, Recent, Starred, Downloads, Network and Trash by default
- Add an "Edit Places..." action to the primary menu, which switches the sidebar into an edit mode
- Edit mode allows adding/removing various XDG folders. Home, Network and Trash can't be removed.
Background for this design can be found here - Teams/Design/app-mockups#66 .