Using desktop as a regular folder

[Reginald Melchisedek Poyau <melchisedek earthlink net>]

My idea is to give the desktop area the ability to act like a regular
folder.  The toolbar would be a panel applet or a popupbar (right click
on empty area would popup a floating toolbar, sort of like left click
popup menu).  Scrolling (up/down or right/left depending on layout mode)
would done using mouse wheel or by mouse mouse pointer all to the
scrolling edges (up/down or right/left depending on layout mode) just
like the auto scrolling that happens when selecting multiple files.

Properties of new desktop folder:
1.  Able to switch locations.
2.  Each workspace would be a different desktop folder.
3.  User defined default starting locations for each workspaces.
4.  Being to drap and drop files to different workspace using workspace
switcher .i.e instant powerful shelf; The popup tooltip would be the URL
of the current workspace that the mouse pointer is hovering over.
5.  Saving files from applications by drap and drop to workspaces.
		
Compare that to the current desktop:
1. fixed location.	 
2. Workspaces point to same fixed location.
3. ?	
4. no easily way to access it if windows are maximized or if one have
multiple windows open.
5. ?  

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