Re: [Usability] nautilus, panel, and metacity not acting as if the desktop was a single entity

[dave <davemsharp gmail com>]

I have to agree with this. It's worth putting a cap on now. When gnome
takes over the world of deskop environments, and there is commercial
support, i don't want my desktop covered with launchers a'la windows.
I'm not saying the shouldn't exist, but they shouldn't be enouraged.

On 7/12/05, Maciej Katafiasz <ml mathrick org> wrote:
> Dnia 13-05-2005, pią o godzinie 18:17 +0100, Phil Bull napisał:
> > I mean, if you have only certain icons on certain desktops, you have
> > to know which desktop you left that icon on. This means you have to
> > change workspace to get to an icon too, so it ends up being quicker to
> > use the Applications menu to launch apps. This makes the desktop
> > pretty much useless for accessing programs quickly, which is what most
> > users actually use it for!
> 
> APPLICATIONS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RUN FROM DESKTOP. Having crappy
> Applications menu or suffering from must-put-my-branding-everywhere
> ISV-itis is not an excuse. Desktop is for user's work (and only for
> user's work), application launchers clearly aren't user's work.
> 
> Cheers,
> Maciej
> 
> PS. The above is completely without regard to (rather valid) points you
> raise.
> 
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