Re: Baobab

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

Hi Jeff,

On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 02:22 -0700, Jeff Waugh wrote:

> > > What is the user goal that we are trying to solve by including Baobab,
> > 
> > Showing the folder structure from a starting point, in a way that conveys
> > not only the hierarchical layout but also the size of every single node in
> > the structure.
> 
> You are explaining *how* Baobab does what it does, not what the user goal is
> that we should be addressing.

The user goal is stated in the part you snipped out:

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>  What are our users trying to achieve?

They are trying to see how their files are big, and where their disk
space went, especially when a notification popup tells them that they
have 88% of their disk full.

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Since this commonly is a "one shot operation" (I don't spend my entire
session time doing that, for instance) a "one shot application" fits the
operation profile.

Everything descends from this point forward.

Ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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