Why the Nautilus desktop is a great big window

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Beny Spensieri Jr">

> This "I control all the desktop or none at all" way of operating seems a
> bit childish to me, but then I'm new to this mailing list and haven't seen
> the past arguments in favour of it.

It's not a childish decision, it's the only way to make it work correctly.
Review this old thread, which I've saved for these very special occasions:

  http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/random/desktop-as-window.mbox [175k]

- Jeff

-- 
linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia         http://lca2004.linux.org.au/
 
     "I guess there's part of me that's always resented it... to be an
   actor, you have to have someone else say yes to you." - Edward Norton