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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Recents apps in KDE menu confusing for users.
From:       Gérard Delafond <gerard () delafond ! org>
Date:       2003-08-10 23:12:00
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Le Dimanche 10 Août 2003 22:11, William Leese a écrit :
> 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?
> >
> >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.
>
Why not to put a "Drives" item in K menu ?

Gerard

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