On 3/15/06, Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Who wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:42:22 +0000 > > From: Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Desktop as Nautilus > > > > On 3/14/06, TRANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > > My idea is this. I would really like it if my Desktop actually were > > > the File Browser. In other words instead of having a seperate Desktop/ > > > directory in my home directory, the desktop could actually reflect my > > > home directory (or any other defaut directory I tell it too for that > > > matter), but more that this, to be able to navigate thru the file > > > heirarchy like one normally does with Nautilus, but without the need > > > for a seperate window. > > > The best place to see this working is on a PSION series 5 (maybe > > later, I only have a 5) - it is still the most productive environment > > I have ever used - and I liked the way the desktop was the file > > manager. > > It isn't entirely clear what you mean but if I understand you correctly > you could achieve something similar by running Matchbox on your desktop > instead of Metacity (which have done before to try it out and I kind of > liked it). Matchbox takes the main menu and displays it on the > desk. > > http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/ > http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/screenshots.html > http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/screenshots/ss-pango.png > http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/screenshots/mediabox/base.png > > Hope that helps >
Thanks! I am not on Linux now, but if matchbox-desktop could be run alone then it seems to be exactly what _I_ was talking about - not sure about the OP. I will experiment this evening Who _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
