Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: Desktop folder

[Abe Fettig <abe fettig net>]

For what it's worth, I switched over this morning to using my homedir
for a desktop.  The arguments people were making made sense. It took me
a few minutes to clean up (basically moving my 'music', 'documents',
'code', 'graphics' etc. folders into one 'files' folder), and then it
was back to business as usual.

I think this will prove to be a big usability improvement for new
users.  It takes away having to learn the concept of a "Desktop".
Instead it just works: the user logs in and sees their files.  When they
save a file to their home directory, it appears in front of them.

Abe

On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 11:25, bordoley msu edu wrote:
> this becomes a nautilus issue when you're using a pure gtk based 
> program that uses the gtk fileselector (or mozilla file selector for that 
> matter), which will not and should not be converted to be ximian like, 
> since this would create circular dependencies. so it's a moot point.
> 
> the only two possible solutions 
> 1. create desktop folder that isn't hidden.
> 2. use the home dir.(not a bad idea, now that i've spent more time 
> thinking about it, tigert it's growin on me, just need to make sure that 
> program specific files stay hidden).
> 
> dave
> 
> Anne et Bertrand <anneetbertrand wanadoo fr> said:
> 
> > This isn't a nautilus issue. You don't have to access to the desktop via 
> > nautilus, because the desktop is "where you are" by default. If you 
> want 
> > to put something on it, just drag it on the wallpaper of your screen.
> > 
> > What's really annoying me is that KDE "Desktop" directory in my home. 
> I 
> > don't use KDE, so it's confusing : this "Desktop" folder isn't mine !!!!!
> > 
> > The problem is : how to access your desktop from applications ? The 
> > desktop folder should be a possible choice in the file-selector of every 
> > application. It is in the ximian version of gtk . There are three buttons 
> > in the default file-selector : Home, Desktop, Documents, which point to 
> ~, 
> > .gnome-desktop and ~/Documents.
> > This is Macos policy, this is Beos policy. I think this is is not in 
> > Windows (excuse me if I fail : I don't use...). This should be the gnome 
> > policy. Maybe in Gnome-2.2 ?
> > 
> > Bertrand dekoninck.
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