RE: Desktop idea

[Daniel Woods <salvo netspace net au>]

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 06:10:26 Fox, Kevin M wrote:
> So make the desktop be a file with embed bonobo objects into it....
> Interesting... Make the desktop not a directory but a file. Also make a
> directory bonobo object for your desktop files. Then you could have more
> then one directory on the desktop at once... This would be a big deviation
> from the mac/microsoft way of looking at the desktop. It is a very good
> idea. This would have to wait till bonobo is completed but would be great
> when done. Since the desktop would be raticly different then the one that is
> in gmc, it could be written as a seperate program and then the gmc desktop
> code could be pulled and the ongoing conversations about doing that would
> drop.

And people who want to use the desktop to store iconified apps (a la FVWM, Win31, etc), rather than files (a la gmc, Win9x, etc etc) can choose not to run gnome-desktop and rely on their desktop as a `tasklist', but still use gmc.

Daniel