"Select a directory“ is by far less
helpful than "Select a workspace“. Workspace is a term that
needs to be learned but is has a well-defined meaning.
„Directory“ is not. It’s like using "Open Dialog“ instead of
„Open Preferences“ or „Open About“. I’d stick with Workspace in
the title instead of directory.
+1. "Select a workspace" is IMO better. If we want to have both, I
believe "Select a workspace directory" or "Select a directory as
workspace" are good as well.
The Term „your data“ is much more
vague than the previous explanation. I understand that, from a
pure technical perspective, the workspace folder doesn’t
have to store your data. But I does so by default, and
thus, it’s okay to say so. In addition it actually stores the
mapping which projects exist, are opened, closed etc. So, in a
more abstract sense it’s still true.
What about "Eclipse uses this directory to store configuration and
internal data about your projects." ?
At that point, there is no need to tell users whether this will be
the default folder for new projects IMO, this is already shown in
the project wizards.
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