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Re: just two features !
by Anon on Monday 17/Mar/2008, @12:26
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| One candidate plan for dealing with the whole "have ~/Desktop represented on your desktop somehow" is precisely this - an area of the desktop cordoned off especially for having these kind of icons there. So you might be in luck :) |
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Re: just two features !
by Martin Fitzpatrick on Tuesday 18/Mar/2008, @12:49
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A nice idea would be able to put "folders" on the desktop in this way. If we're moving away from using the Desktop as a whole to show files, it might be counterintuitive to continue to encourage file storage in ~/Desktop?
What might be nice would be the ability to show a folder (e.g. ~/Home, ~/Documents, ~/Downloads, ~/*recent files*, ~/some-other-dynamic-search-folder) on the desktop. Creating these areas could even be the default action when folders are dragged onto the desktop. When people use the desktop to store working-files, normally this means they're either just downloaded from the net or are being edited recently...
That way we get away from the desktop as file-dump while also allowing for the convenience of having files available on the desktop (which at 1 click away is always going to be closer than browsing through folders).
Just a thought :)
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Re: just two features !
by Michael on Wednesday 19/Mar/2008, @01:38
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This is an absolutely great idea. I would love to see that feature.
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Re: just two features !
by Anon on Wednesday 19/Mar/2008, @09:24
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But why are we moving away from the well-established "Desktop" concept? I would like to vote for having a desktop that works as I expect a desktop to work like on any other OS
Surely it's a matter of habit, but I really dislike the way the desktop is handled by KDE4 currently, and I guess I'm not the only one.
Why was it decided that the "old" desktop paradigm is deprecated? Just curious.
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Re: just two features !
by jospoortvliet on Wednesday 19/Mar/2008, @11:28
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you can look on for example Aaron's blog for answers to that question, but a hint: the desktop with icons was developed for 180K floppydrives with just a few files. We now use filemanagers to manage thousands of files. Surely the desktop can be used better, as it's original use (showing all files and/or applications you have) isn't there anymore?
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Re: just two features !
by Martin Fitzpatrick on Wednesday 19/Mar/2008, @11:48
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What I was getting at was intended to maintain the useful functionality of the Desktop: that is quick and easy access to useful/relevant files.
I've not used the current KDE4 desktop yet so I can't really comment but from what I understand it handles individual files as plasma applets?
What I would like to see is plasmas for known groups of files "Recent Downloads" "Recently Opened"
Ideally I would like a Task-Orientated desktop where it was possible to group a bunch of files, bookmarks, etc. in a single package so when I want to do some of "X" I just open the "X" package and bam. Everything is back where I left it... a lot of apps in KDE provide similar functions now in Sessions but a wholly coordinated/integrated system would be neat.
You could then ship with some default "Tasks" to start people off.
But anyway, I've wandered a mile off topic. Short answer: I agree.
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