Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: [Usability] user levels, etc.
- From: Luis Villa <louie ximian com>
- To: usability gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: [Usability] user levels, etc.
- Date: 19 Nov 2001 14:09:21 -0500
On Mon, 2001-11-19 at 12:49, Jonathan Blandford wrote:
> David Moles <david moles vykor com> writes:
>
> > On 2001.11.14 09:32 Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> > > On 12 Nov 2001, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > >
> > > > Currently the only two applications on my system that seem to do this
> > > > are Evolution and GNUStep (ie WindowMaker).
> > >
> > > What is this Nautilus directory I always get in ~/. I never use it for
> > > anything.
> > >
> > [...]
> > >
> > > If I could just get rid of all these things I gladly use ~/ as my desktop.
> >
> > On that subject, Nautilus seems to be creating a "david's Home" icon on the
> > desktop even when the desktop is ~/ -- if I delete it, it ends up getting
> > recreated next time Nautilus starts or restarts. Is that expected behavior?
>
> Yes. I was going to turn it off in the RH patches, until I started
> finding it pretty darn useful. Often I have a partially obscured
> desktop. When I want to do something in the home directory, I find it
> easier to find the home icon and do it in the window, than trying to
> make room on the desktop.
FWIW, I think it's great that it is on the desktop the first time I use
~ as home and I think it's a real PITA that it re-creates itself when I
delete it. If I delete it, it should stay deleted.
Luis
--
Luis Villa
Ximian Bugmaster
"Quality is an amazing bridge because it is universal in its language."
Thomas Corcoran
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