[Usability]Re: Nautilus preferences proposal

[David Emory Watson <dwatson cs ucr edu>]

On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 14:32, Dave Bordoley wrote:
> The a few reasons i would like it removed:
> 
> 1. If you change the option to a different directory, using homedir as
> desktop doesn't use that directory (aka confusing)

Maybe we should say "Use /home/username as the desktop."

> 2. The home dir on the regular desktop will not point at that directory.

This is a bug, IMHO.

> 3. Nautilus is so not a web brower right now. So defining were home goes
> is silly in that respect. We will not be anything resembling a web
> browser until both galeon and mozilla are finished being ported and
> tested.

Yes, but won't it be a web browser in the future?  If so, I see no
reason to remove the functionally...

> 4. With that said i think maybe we could have a preference for the
> location the throbber points at. Alternatively perhaps we could
> implement a default web location preference and add a icon to the
> toolbar for this. 
> 
> With that said the option to change the location of the home dir using
> that terminology and the current way it works is bad and confusing and
> should be removed.
> 
> dave
> 
> > > > 
> > > > I can see your point.  However, when desktop==home it is important to be
> > > > able to change where the home button (on the navigation bar) takes you.
> > > 
> > > What do you change it to?
> > > 
> > 
> > I don't know.  :)  Maybe we could use Mozilla as a model (they almost do
> > exactly like we do).
> > 
> > I guess I just don't think it's that big of a deal.  Almost every web
> > browser out there says "Home page" and were not running around trying to
> > change that.  So while it might not be the most unambiguous name, I
> > doubt that it will lead to much confusion.
> > 
> > I think familiarity should out here (unless someone thinks of an
> > outstanding alternative)
> > 
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