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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Desktop being $HOME
From:       Gav Wood <gav () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-12-01 23:08:33
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On Saturday 30 November 2002 2:12 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Friday 29 November 2002 05:12, Manuel Amador wrote:
> > Guys, please look up:
> >
> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51304
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I'm right from an usability point of view.
>
> hrm.. the people on kde-devel have noted some very strong points against
> this. especially since it would mean having icons for EVERYTHING in your ~/
> on your desktop.
>
> > - set two workstations up, one with Desktop=$HOME and other with
> > Desktop=$HOME/Desktop
> > - put a couple files in the homedirs of both
> > - make newbies  look up files and open them
>
> look them up, how? in the file manager, which defaults to $HOME? or by a
> file dialog which also defaults to $HOME?

or by the most obvious place - the place right under your nose. the easiest to 
see place. the place that your screen defaults to showing when you log in. 

that place? the desktop.

> the only place i can see it being easier is if you launch it from the
> desktop itself at the cost of having all your other files/directories
> listed there as well. and seeing as how many people don't use their desktop
> for such things (even less these days than they used to) because it's so
> cumbursome and since you can change this yourself if you wish, i don't see
> any benefits to it.

the benefits are (though you probably read my previous mail on the subject) 
- --- that i found --- that having Desktop==~ makes for consistency (sp?) and a 
common anchor between the cli, the gui and unix in general.

for people that want to (or generally are forced to, on occasion) use both 
this makes life and learning just that little bit easier.

it also forces me to keep my $HOME clean, something i was guilty of neglecting 
before i made the switch and something i am grateful for ever since.

gav
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Gav Wood <gav@kde.org>
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