Re: [Usability] tools on the desktop

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 15:36 +0100, Phil Bull wrote:
> > This tool also could manage resources in the
> > network that are available via Rendezvous
> 
> This would be pretty cool. I haven't used KDE for a long while, but
> they used to have something called the LISA daemon (IIRC), which
> listed all of the services on the local subnet in Konqueror. Something
> similar, and ZeroConf-based, would be a nice addition in the 'Network'
> folder perhaps.

The "Network" folder already has support for listing dns-sd shares that
are visible through Nautilus. I would not want to see all possible
services that might use zeroconf, slp, or whatever, in a Nautilus
folder.

> >  * Why not use Themes as something that is adopted to a local culture?
> 
> Interface consistency. It's bad enough having language barriers, but
> when you start rearranging things based on locale, people from
> low-user-count locales might get stuck and have no-one to help them
> because their desktop layout is different from anyone else's.

However, locale-based themes are useful. In fact, we already re-arrange
some things based on locale. RTL languages need to have the interface
flipped, for example. And metaphors for some things may not translate
well, particularly with icons and branding. However, having said that,
I do think it is better to just try and come up with simple metaphors
for things, that do translate well, rather than having themes where the
icons are different for different languages.

-- dobey