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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Recents apps in KDE menu confusing for users.
From:       William Leese <yatsu () wanadoo ! nl>
Date:       2003-08-10 20:11:12
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Simon Edwards wrote:

>On Sunday 10 August 2003 21:00, William Leese wrote:
>  
>
>>Simon Edwards wrote:
>>The names do not matter. Afterall, why would a normal user have to 
>>browse anything other than their home directory? 
>>    
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>
>errr... because floppys, cdroms, shared drives (think duel boot), and network 
>drives generally don't appear in thier home directory.
>
Take a look from the perspective of a computer newbie.

User logins in to find a nice, shiny KDE desktop. He then decides he 
wants to install a game (linux, games, hah! ;) that he bought on a 
cdrom. He inserts the cdrom in the cdrom drive.
Now what?

The clicks on the KMenu. The only option that will bring him to his 
cdrom is "Home (Personal Files)", or "Quick Browser" (which most of us 
admit, is a useful tool for geeks), or "Konqueror Web Browser"?
The user isn't given a single option to view/play/run the contents of 
the cdrom.

- wvl

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