Re: [Usability]Abstracting the Linux desktop

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2002.12.12 12:57:38 +0000 Joshua Adam Ginsberg wrote:
> Not to contradict the strength of your "Eeeeeehhh !! Wrong !!", but I
> think there is much wrong with the *nix filesystem. The /home tree is a
> great idea, and probably the best thing about the filesystem, but it has
> much wrong with it usability wise from there... the /dev tree, while
> outstanding from the CLI and the development standpoint, ***SUCKS***
> from a usability standpoint... the old convention of local vs. share is

should TheUser (as discussed here :)) even know about it ? /dev is admin
domain, not "usability" domain so saying it sucks is basicly flawed.

> inconsistently applied, resulting in two separate trees for libraries,
> binaries, includes, etc... and even within the home directory, the

not so. it's not local vs share, it's what we need to boot vs everything
else. it allows partitions.

> flooding of it with hidden .files and even configuration folders that
> aren't hidden makes it nearly impossible to use the home directory as
> the base for a desktop environment...
i use my home directory as desktop. it's very possible.

> So while I too am not thrilled with the "My Computer" idea, I think
> GNOME captured the spirit of it without having to specify anything about
> the physical machine... it's really a "Start Here" point... I like
> Anders suggestions about expanding and centralizing the start here
> section in Nautilus...

Here I agree, it's got enough "start here" :)

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