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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Localised folders in /home/user (Documents and > Desktop)
From:       David Roberts <dvdr18 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-11-28 6:01:16
Message-ID: 200611281601.16615.dvdr18 () gmail ! com
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> Am Montag, 27. November 2006 19:05 schrieb Uno Engborg:
> > > I agree, I don't see any real problem with the current system. Most
> > > "normal users" don't even look at the location bar, so I don't even see
> > > why it's an issue.
> >
> > You miss the point. Of course it isn't a problem mounting it at /mendia
> > or whatever other place. As you say yourself, most users would probably
> > not even look at the location bar.
> >
> > The problem is that the user can use the GUI to navigate to /media or
> > even / by pressing the up arrow. (Should still be possible when showing
> > hidden files). By being able to browse to media you lose the one to one
> > relationship between whats on your physical USB stick and how it is
> > displayed in the GUI.
>
> There's a brand new invention called "the back button".
Exactly, if a user goes somewhere unfamiliar, they can always use the back 
button. Perhaps this is just me, but the "normal" users I know don't even use 
the up button - they just use the back button to get to the previous 
directory. Even if they did use it, I don't know what they'd be hoping to 
acheive by going up a level from the root of a device - of course if you do 
something stupid like that you're bound to end up not knowing where you are, 
it's not the file manager's fault, just hit back.

-- 
David Roberts :)
http://kavenc.sf.net/
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