RE: GMC feedback / comments

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

I have this habbit in windows to use my desktop. Storeing everything I need
like files on it allows for quick openings. So the only time I put something
on the desktop is when I copy something from the network or from a
cd/floppy. So I copy it instead of link it because I remove the floppy/cd. 

I think it should be:
if it is from a different filesystem: copy
if it is from the same filesystem from one window to another: move
if it is from the same filesystem to the desktop: link

althow... I have gotten in the habbit of allways having it prompt me because
you can never be shure which method you are using.

Maby it would be better to have it allways prompt you using the left click
and have it use a default when you middle click. Then the user allways knows
what is going on, and the power users can use the middle button for
speedups.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ronald de Man [SMTP:deman@win.tue.nl]
> Sent:	Friday, March 05, 1999 10:36 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Re: GMC feedback / comments
> 
> On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 08:04:00AM -0800, Fox, Kevin M wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Are you sure? Also with Windows 95? I'm pretty sure that today at work
> > > I moved some documents from a folder onto the desktop and that these
> > > were no shortcuts, the documents were really removed from the folder.
> > > 
> > 	[Fox, Kevin M]  I here by request we never call a directory a
> > folder. :)
> 
> Hehe. I did it on purpose.
> 
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > It is good to be able to choose from different actions but the
> > > > default action should definitely be a link because it is much safer
> > > > for the data.
> > > > 
> > > > Apart from that if one wants to create executables on the desktop
> gmc
> > > > will complain because they are owned by root and naturally the user
> > > > doesn't have permission to delete them (which is essentially what a
> > > > move would result in).
> > > 
> > > True. In this case linking is more natural. And inconsistent dragging
> > > behaviour depending on the type of file is probably not what we want.
> > > So maybe I should agree with you.
> > > 
> > 	[Fox, Kevin M]  Most of the time I copy from place to place. I think
> > the default would best be copy. And then be able to set the default.
> > 
> 
> Why would you copy a document to the desktop? If the reason is that you
> need
> it there to work on it for a while, then later when you no longer need it
> on
> your desktop you'd have to delete your old copy, and move (again, not
> copy)
> the modified document back to its old place.
> Having multiple copies of the same file makes it very hard to keep it up
> to date. I'm starting to believe now that linking would be the most useful
> solution (except for removable media).
> 
> Now a somewhat different question. Should root icons be 'sticky' by
> default
> across different workspaces? (I just checked, in icewm you can make them
> unsticky.)
> 
> Ronald
> 
> 
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