Re: Icons on the desktop

[Ryan Peters <sloshy45 sbcglobal net>]

On 06/13/2010 03:46 PM, chris wrote:
> 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
>
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Somewhere on this list (I think) I read of an idea/proposal to use the 
desktop as a sort of "project dashboard" type place. Documents related 
to your project could be composited on the desktop as thumbnails, and 
clicking them could open them. It could have zeitgeist/tracker/something 
integration for this. Anyways I'm just rambling and I forgot the 
original email with this idea. I do agree that icons on the desktop are 
redundant and we should get rid of it entirely (and hopefully replace it 
with an idea like this? please?).

    -Ryan Peters