I would love to see us drop the desktop icons as other distros are also doing. I gives a much cleaner desktop and users are free to add icons from any of their menu entries by just dragging and dropping them onto the desktop.
The user has access to Computer, Documents, Network, Trash: Launch -> Computer Launch -> <username> -> Documents Launch -> <username> -> Network Servers Trash - in System Tray Are we planning to redo the icons and make them more conformant with the Linux Icon standardisation project? I think our ones are looking a little old fashioned and clunky [This will be even more so when vista and others come out with translucent icons]. JR Calum Benson wrote: > > http://www.gnome.org/~calum/nevada/ui-spec/index.htm > > Up for debate this time: the default desktop icons and panel > configuration. Specifically, in the latter case, whether people > would rather see the network status applet or the trash applet in the > bottom right corner of their screen by default. Possible arguments > either way: > > - Some people have said they don't like the network status applet > being there by default, either because its flashing is distracting, > or it consumes unnecessary resources (e.g. on SunRay). But... > > - The 2.14 network applet "flashes" a lot less, and is still handy > for diagnosing connectivity problems and shown wireless signal strength. > > - The trash applet is a relatively new feature in GNOME that a lot of > people seem to like, and it's nice to showcase some new stuff now and > again to show we're not completely stuck in Windows 95 lookalike > mode. But... > > - It's not immediately obvious tucked away down there in the corner > (which could be an issue if we felt its inclusion merited losing the > desktop Trash icon too), and on a big screen, it can still a bit of > an effort to drag stuff from a file manager window all the way into > the corner. But then there's always the delete key too :) > > As ever, your comments count... if there's anything else you feel > merits inclusion or removal from the default desktop or panel, let us > know what and why. > > Cheeri, > Calum. >
