On 10 Mar 2006, at 17:04, David John Burrowes wrote: >> I'd agree this is kind of annoying... we've considered calling it >> "Universal Access" in the past to get around this, but of course >> that's locale specific. I'd be happy to relocate them, but it was >> the accessibility team who wanted them in their own menu, so >> they'd probably have to agree to that too. > > Are any of them reading this thread?
I suspect not... will make sure they're cc'ed before we make any final decisions though. > As a technical person, I like the distinction you make. I don't > know if it would make a difference to a casual end user... I don't > think their understanding goes that deep. Maybe do a draft of your > spec with that arrangement and see how it feels? Yep, I'm working on that now. > I think the answer here is how much we expect an average person to > be working in their home directory rather than their Documents > directory. That is, what usage model do we want to encourage? > Windows clearly doesn't want folks poking into the home directory > (it is reasonably hard to get there, and there is a lot of "junk" > there. The Mac isn't so strong in this regard, for it gives you > easy access to both (with a slight preference for the home > directory, even though there is "junk" there too (but, apps put > "junk" into the Documents folder too. Sigh). Indeed. I'm fairly sure that developer types would want at least equal access to their $HOME, but I'm not sure we'd want to lose Documents altogether... I guess another factor is how much we care about a smooth transition for existing JDS users who are used to using their Documents folder. >> It opens a special file manager window into which you can drag >> files to be burned to CD/DVD. The window has a "Burn to CD" >> button you click when you're finished. Much like a Burn folder in >> OSX, except you can't have more than one of them, or choose where >> to store it. > > Evidently this doesn't open automatically when you stick in a blank > CD? Hmm, possibly not... don't have one here to try it, but it might be a good idea if it did. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
