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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 80018] stronger distinction between file management and web
From:       michael papet <mpapet () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2006-03-01 2:04:44
Message-ID: 20060301020444.14195.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From mpapet yahoo com  2006-03-01 03:04 -------
Please note, that the many computer users actually fear using a file browser beyond \
"my documents" because they think they will break something.  They are far more \
likely to click on things that appear in a "browser" that looks like a web browser.

Putting time and effort making the file browsing mode look different won't make it \
easier to use.  I would argue the difference would make it as fearsome as a file \
browser in windows.  Sounds crazy.  But I do desktop support for a living and see it \
every day.

I prefer to think of Konqueror as the gui that unifies many browser types. \
(file/http/smb/etc.)  It's strength lie in that a folder at http://www.kde.org/folder \
looks and acts exactly like one at /home/user1.  The user doesn't care about modes, \
doesn't know one is FTP and the other is something else.  A good gui should follow \
that and not attempt to create distinctions.

Finally, you have other desktop environments with file browsers different than web \
browsers. They aren't generating as many adopters as KDE.  If there was more demand \
for this, I think you would see more file manager projects for KDE.


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