Re: Icons on the desktop

[chris <cbaines8 gmail com>]

On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 16:07 -0400, Jeff wrote:
> Hello folks,
> I looked a bit through the mailing list archives and couldn't find a
> topic about this so far... Do the GNOME Shell devs / usability team
> have any position regarding "showing icons (or not)" on the desktop?
> (currently, /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop = False)
> 
> While we have had icons on the GNOME desktop since time immemorial, I
> believe those are unnecessary nowadays. They are cruft and file
> placement micro-management, and I personally believe the Shell would
> be a great way to fix the issues that caused this relic to exist.
> 
> Any thoughts? Outrage? Insults? :)
> (I wanted to keep this mail short just to "test the waters", but I
> could make a proper essay on PGO if some are interested) 
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I agree, they are unnecessary. At the moment I am using the AWN (Avant
Window Navigator) to do all my application launching, and the file
browser launcher for this provides an easy way to access devices. 

I haven't yet got that used to using the activities panel for launching
applications, or accessing devices, I find using the AWN just requires
one mouse movement and one click, not two mouse movements and a click
(or drag) as with just the gnome shell.

I think including something like the AWN bar in the gnome shell should
be considered.

Chris