Re: Desktops: a post-2.4 suggestion.

[Daniel Farrell <daniel farrells org>]

On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 13:22, Daniel Borgmann wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 12:33, Daniel Farrell wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 22:28, Daniel Borgmann wrote:
> > > To summarize:
> > > - Removing the home icon from the desktop
> > > - Defaulting the file selector to Desktop
> > > - Changing working directory of GNOME to ~/Desktop for fileselectors
> > > defaulting to pwd
> > > - Changing all "Home" to "Desktop" or something else (link in the
> > > applications menu, Nautilus "Home" button, etc)
> > > - Rooting Nautilus at ~/Desktop (could even remove the visible
> > > /home/user/Desktop path once Nautilus goes multi-root, so there can be
> > > alternative roots for $HOME and / for advanced users)
> > > 
> > > Would't this have _exactly_ the same user visible effect as $HOME as
> > > desktop without all the issues and fights?
> > 
> > I think you've missed the whole point of $HOME as Desktop.  In your
> > scenario things get put into $HOME and disappear...  the normal user
> > doesn't really know how to find them.  The advantage of $HOME as desktop
> > is that all your files are right there.  Nothing is hidden, everything
> > is easy to find and organize.  That seems to be the contention point
> > really...  One side says "why would I want all my stuff visible?" and
> > the other says "why would I want to hide my stuff?" and we go back and
> > forth...
> 
> Hm, from reading the comments so far I didn't get the impression that
> applications creating folders like "dcc" or "public_html" on your
> desktop is expected (and wanted) behaviour. If it is, then you are right
> of course.

Yeah, but it wouldn't be hard to deal with those cases...  see the
comments already about being able to have Nautilus hide directories on
the desktop.

Dan