From kde-usability Sat Nov 25 00:08:12 2006 From: David Roberts Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:08:12 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: Localised folders in /home/user (Documents and Desktop) Message-Id: <200611251008.12514.dvdr18 () gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=116441335410436 > Most of the discussion if users should se folders like the Desktop or > even folders like /etc, /proc, /dev,... and other UNIX related things, > boils down to the question: Should we create a good userinterface to > Unix, or should we create a good user interface for people. I agree that KDE should be as easy as possible to use, but not to simplify it so much that it makes life hard for the powerusers. I really down't want KDE going down the same path as Windows where everything has been chronically dumbed-down. As for hiding elements of the root filesystem, I don't see why this is needed as regular users wouldn't be visiting that directory very often anyway. > First of all, if the users sees the same files in two places (in an open > folder and on the Desktop) , he might come to the conclusion that they > are duplicates, and try to delete them to save space. The problem gets > even bigger if the name is not translated. > > Second, it sort of becomes a mix of methapores, most people will not > think of their physical desktop as a folder. Exactly, I don't see why it has to be visible on both the desktop (which is basically a file manager itself at the moment) and the home folder. -- David Roberts :) http://kavenc.sf.net/ _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability