Re: [Nautilus-list] re: Desktop folder

[David Moles <david moles vykor com>]

On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 16:43, Marten Payne wrote:
> 
> So the problems presented by making the Unix style home directory the
> Nautilus (and therefore Ximian) desktop directory are mostly related to
> the issue of not every program in the Unix pantheon being part of the
> GNOME, rather it is the other way around. While it may be the most
> effective way to work for highly intelligent, structured, logical
> thinkers like Tuomas and others, I suspect usability testing on the mid
> 80% of people would show to be a sub-optimal approach.

I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying non-desktop-aware Unix apps would
be adding and deleting files to/from $HOME and confusing the user? I'm
using $HOME as my desktop right now and nothing ever appears there that
I don't put there through some action such as "Save as".