Re: Nautilus vs gnome-shell and the future

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 19:15 +0530, mac_v wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 10:28 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 17:04 +0100, Cosimo Cecchi wrote:
> 
> > 
> > >      * even with many applications opened, the desktop is just one
> > >         click (or one keystroke) away from you (Ctrl+Alt+D or the
> > >         "Show Desktop" applet). 
> > 
> > Yes, its quick to reach, but so is the activities overview (press
> the
> > windows key or move the mouse to the top-left corner. It all depends
> on
> > why you want to reach the desktop. If its for something like
> launching
> > an app/location then doing that via the activities overview is as
> > efficient as the desktop (and its an advantage imho to only have one
> > consistent way to do this). So, this argument is only valid if
> you're
> > doing something you can't do on the activities overview.
> > 
> 
> The concept of removing desktop is flawed.
> Usually my desktop contains files I'm working on currently , So that i
> can have quick access and the files there are also reminders of work i
> need to get to. [Note: these aernt recent files , but just files that
> i
> need to work on at some point]
> 
> The desktop is the first thing a user is presented with , not the
> activities view.

I have actually been thinking about this. If there are no applications
in the session when you log in, we should probably start in the
activities overview.

> Not having a desktop and not using the open space is not a prudent
> move/design . We have a whole screen area which at present is being
> wasted.

Its really only availible initially, not when apps are running. Its
possible to show it later with e.g. a key press, but its also possible
to show e.g. the activities overview in the same way.

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