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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: A radical idea
From:       Eric E <whalesuit () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2001-11-14 1:34:04
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This seems like an interesting point, but I'm not sure we should devote a 
whole of energy to the *nix file system as it currently exists, because:

a) Because of the many computers we use during a day, distributed filesystems 
are the next logical step.  I already wish KDE had a simple interface to 
distributed filesystems (if there were a simple way to set up fs 
synchronization in KDE or Konqi, that would be brilliant).  Put simply, I 
just want to "save" my work, and know that I can get at that from lots of 
places, under lots of circumstances, on lots of platforms.

b) There are (well, were) long debates on the kde-look list about metadata, 
and many people are interested in relational-database-oriented filesystems.  
So the mapping you describe could just a be a field in the database or 
metadata, which displays as you like it to.  These are more powerful 
approaches to the filesystem.  I would also love it if I could summon up a 
"view" of certain elements of my filesystem in Konqi, and refresh that view 
with a simple requerying....

All that said, a really simple starter solution with Konqi would be to make 
it easy to distribute and install a set of .kdedesktop files for the Sidebar 
that does all the mapping that Alistair described, so these things appear 
Konqi the way he describes.

Cheers,

Eric
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