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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#8362: File subsystem wish
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-08-15 5:41:40
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Oliver Henning wrote:
> So I would propose the following
> storage for documents, as an example:
>
> - the place on the desktop where the documents lay when you read/edit them
> (literally as KPart documents laying on the desktop)
>
> - trays (on the right side or whereever)
>
> - Real folders on the desktop or a shelf (where, for example you put
> documents from/to the trays)
>
> - an archive of folders (in the cellar)
>
> All of this should be graphically renderered, of course.

Basically variations on "The Desktop" and "The Trashcan" like "The Shelf", 
"The Tray" and "The Archive"?

Would indeed make the desktop more lively :-)

Apart from the already existing drag&drop facilities, how would you propose 
to access such locations from the "open document" and "save document as" file 
dialogs?

Cheers,
Waldo
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