Re: Major change in desktop handling

[Dave Camp <dave ximian com>]

On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 20:50, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> I see your point; however, if the problem is that users might get
> confused that it's a folder and not the desktop, it might be clearer to
> just use a different icon.  OS X, Windows and KDE also use a special
> icon and it seems to work well for users over there.

That might be true.

> BTW, is the emblem appearing in the emblem manipulation GUI?  That could
> be confusing...

No, it's filtered out.

-dave

> 
> On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 20:35, Dave Camp wrote:
> > Maybe.  I like the emblem better, because it seems to be adding
> > information to the folder icon ("this is the folder that is in the
> > desktop").  The desktop icon doesn't really seem to make it clear that
> > it's a folder.
> > 
> > -dave
> > 
> > On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 20:18, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 14:34, Dave Camp wrote:
> > > > I just checked in a patch to show a desktop emblem on the desktop
> > > > folder.  You need the latest gnome-icon-theme and nautilus.
> > > 
> > > (Sorry to chime in late but) shouldn't it just use the desktop icon
> > > instead of an emblem?
> > > 
> > > -- Ettore
> > 
>