Re: Major change in desktop handling

[Darryl Rees <rees netnam vn>]

Dave Camp wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 15:41, kb wrote:
>  
>
> > I can see my desktop, well... on my desktop. There is no need IMHO to
> > clutter up my home with a visible directory. That should really be
> > hidden in a .desktop directory.
> >    
>
> Users of the desktop often want to get to the desktop from outside
> nautilus, for example in file selectors or shells.
>
> The desktop is a place for a user to store files.  The user shouldn't
> have to know what the name of a hidden directory is to get to their
> documents.
>
> -dave
>
>  
Not a problem if you use $HOME :-)
(Also all apps/fileselectors - not just gnome/gtk ones - have a 'home' 
button. Having Desktop means adding another button.)

Long.