Re: [Usability] Content Separation in GNOME

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Alan Horkan wrote:


> > I would like to propose introducing content folders to GNOME, similar to
> > Windows' "My Documents", "My Music", etc.. this will improve usability
>
> Some distributions have already done this.  I want to smack them really
> hard with a wet fish for using that annoying "My " prefix in front of
> everything.

> > by creating a structure where the user can organize his or her
> > documents, as opposed to storing everything in /home. This will
> > improve security by allowing us to label such folders with
> > individual security context, and only allow applications to
> > read/write to that particular context.
> >
> > I proposed the following as a first draft to NSA-list, but the concept
> > is important, not the exact folders - I'm sure you can figure out a
> > better scheme:
>
> I've suggested this

Structure in $HOME
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-January/thread.html#00273

A Few Standard Folders [Re: Structure in $HOME]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-January/msg00273.html

RFC: Common desktop-wide paths
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-October/msg00016.html

> (I'm grossly over simplifying because I'm in a hurry but) The solution I
> thought was most promising was to have:
> ~/Documents/
> and various subfolders of that.

> I really must go but I will try and provide you more information later in
> the week.


> Sincerely
>
> Alan Horkan
>
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