On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 08:50 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote: > On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 02:14 +0530, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am working on enhancing some of the "deployment friendly" stuff in > > GNOME as a part of my Google SoC, and one of the things I am working > > on is support for predefined global items on the desktop. To make my > > current goal clearer, here's a sample use case (stolen shamelessly > > from a doc by my mentor, Federico Mena Quintero). > > I'm very busy this week, so I don't have much time for mail. However, > I'd just like to point out that we have historically avoided adding > these sorts of things, because that sort of changes the usecase of the > desktop. The idea of the gnome desktop is more like the mac desktop than > the windows desktop. Its a work area for the users files, where files > are stored as they are being worked on, and then filed away or deleted > as needed. > > The desktop is an important user folder, and should be 100% controlled > by the user. It is not just a place for launchers of applications, those > are generally put on the panel. > > Another thing I worry about is if we start letting applications install > things on users desktop we'll soon turn into the crap that is a standard > windows desktop where its full of logos for various vendors. Windows > even had to implement some form of checker that pops up a dialog and > asks you if you want to delete unused launchers from the desktop. > > In your usecase, why can't the launchers be put on the panel instead? I > didn't see any rationale fo that. And the URIs could also be put in the > browser bookmarks.
>From what i have heard from customers/admins : The desktop icon is in your face, and panel icons are easy to miss. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > He's a leather-clad crooked master criminal who hangs with the wrong crowd. > She's a supernatural psychic safe cracker with the soul of a mighty warrior. > They fight crime! > -- Ritesh Khadgaray ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919970164885 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
