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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Abstracting the Linux Desktop from the File-system
From:       Gary Greene <rei () tabris ! net>
Date:       2002-12-03 18:07:55
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I've been watching this discussion for a while now and have but only a few 
caveats to point out:

In concern to moving desktop==$HOME. I point you to Windows 2000/XP for just a 
moment If I can... M$ has the following filesystem (with the proper UNIX 
equivalants baside the chart)

    Windows XP                            Sentinel Linux
    C:\                                   /
    |---\Documents and Settings           |----/home
    |   |----\greeneg                     |    |----/greeneg
    |        |----\Desktop                |         |----/Desktop
    |        |----\My Documents           |         |----/Documents

As you can see, the current method holds true across both platforms. The 
arguenment of the Mac Desktop is even further the point (OS X):

    Machintosh OS X                       Sentinel Linux
    /                                     /
    |----/users                           |----/home
    |    |----/greeneg                    |    |----/greeneg
    |         |----/Desktop               |         |----/Destop

Hmmm.... I'm starting to see a pattern here....

If the user cannot figure out where things are on their computer, IT'S THEIR 
OWN FAULT. We shouldn't be dictating policy to fix lack of computer skill. 
Moving Desktop to $HOME would only further impare what the two are: the 
desktop is the place where application links are for fast loading, the $HOME 
directory is the place all your settings and document files are put. With 
your argument, I'd be seeing my Mail folder on my desktop (along with ~/tmp, 
~/public_html, ~/bin, ~/lib.) Because dispite what you may think, 
peroidically, I blow away my .kde dir to see the changes that have come down 
the pipe. If this change got adopted, I'd be the one UNDOING it in the 
packaging phase of KDE for Sentinel Linux, meaning more work for me (yeah :| 
).

Remember people companies, like Microsoft and Apple, have spent a great deal 
of money on their usability studies, why not pay attention to them instead of 
breaking them. As you can see from the diagram I made above, the systems are 
laid out similarly enough to warrent them being easy to navigate.

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Gary Greene                                                                  
                                                                             
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#mounting local filesystems....................................[     OK     ]
#Virtual Human Brain Driver v0.0.5 (EXPERIMENTAL) R/W fs module              
#Virtual Nerve Node Driver v0.4.1 (EXPERIMENTAL) R/W FS module               
#Insmod Adaptive Technology Device module......................[     OK     ]
#Writing Sync state to Journalled VHBFS........................[     OK     ]
#Stating emotiond..............................................[ FRUSTRATED ]
Segmentation Fault:sending signal 11 SegEV                                   
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