On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello folks, > I looked a bit through the mailing list archives and couldn't find a topic > about this so far... Do the GNOME Shell devs / usability team have any > position regarding "showing icons (or not)" on the desktop? (currently, > /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop = False) > > While we have had icons on the GNOME desktop since time immemorial, I > believe those are unnecessary nowadays. They are cruft and file placement > micro-management, and I personally believe the Shell would be a great way to > fix the issues that caused this relic to exist. > > Any thoughts? Outrage? Insults? :) > (I wanted to keep this mail short just to "test the waters", but I could > make a proper essay on PGO if some are interested) > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
The desktop being drawn by the file manager is the remnant of a file-centric design. That design, while possibly elegant, is becoming irrelevant because of the app-centric design we have coming from the web and now popular smartphone operating systems. At this point, I think it is silly to still have file management as the largest, most personalized and immediately accessible thing in Gnome 3. Besides, if Nautilus is now considered a technical utility for advanced users, why should it still run at startup to draw the biggest part of the desktop? Dylan _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
