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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Abstracting the Linux Desktop from the File-system
From:       Andrew <akar3d () yahoo ! com ! au>
Date:       2002-12-07 23:52:23
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 08:57 pm, Julien Olivier wrote:
> I think the main problem is that, on Windows (I don't know about Mac), the
> base path for any app is the desktop whereas on Linux, it's ~/.
>
> Imagine how users would feel if each windows apps defaulted to c:\documents
> and settings\bob for saving documents... They would complain.

????
Am I missing something here?  Windows *does* default to "c:\documents and 
settings\bob\My documents" for saving documents. The "My Documents" folder on 
the desktop is just a live 'link' to an individual users Documents folder 
which is buried in the file hierarchy unless it is just a single user machine 
or is set for all users to share the same doc folder.

In other words it is much the same as Linux with a 'Documents' Link on the 
desktop.

-- 
Regards,
andrew
 
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