Re: Major change in desktop handling

[Dave Camp <dave ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 11:21, Alan Cox wrote:
> > If you drag ~/Desktop on to the desktop, you will get a message telling
> > you that you can't move a file into itself.
> 
> That is what I was afraid of. How do we make the user understand this
> directory is the desktop. No other directory produces that message so it
> is inconsistent. The two objects also look visually seperate.
> 
> Its a problem I've seen with other software so thats why I raise it.
> (Could it have a clearer special icon ?)

Tigert suggested putting a desktop emblem on ~/Desktop.  That might help
with the association.  The error message could possibly be more clear in
this case, too.

-dave



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