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Subject: Re: [RFC] "Documents Folder" icon in "system:/"
From: David Johnson <david () usermode ! org>
Date: 2005-08-17 6:53:31
Message-ID: 200508162353.31991.david () usermode ! org
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On Tuesday 16 August 2005 01:07 am, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> I believe that the question at issue is only what to use as a
> default.
Fair enough. But this doesn't explain why the Windows way is better than
the Unix way for a default. I remain unconvinced that there is a
problem with a plain traditional vanilla $HOME. I don't know of anyone
(besides you) who has ever complained about this.
My work used to have Solaris/CDE on the desktop for all users. I've thus
had an opportunity to see newbies from Windows thrown into the "deep
end" of a Unix-only environment. My observation shows that while they
may have had problems with the ugliness and clunkiness of CDE, but they
never had a problem with a home directory.
> Yes, but ... (tm) it is newbies that defaults should be designed for
> since they will not start changing defaults as soon as they first
> login. When they are no longer newbies, they can change settings to
> suit their needs.
It is this philosophy which I have a problem with. Why must the newbie
be catered to? Why does the desktop design have to revolve around them?
I am completely in favor of sensible defaults. But they need to be
*sensible*. That means they need to be appropriate for both the newbie
and the advanced user, and everyone in between. In the case of defining
a Documents directory, $HOME is the sensible default.
--
David Johnson
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