On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Sourav K. Mandal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 14:14 +0300, brian muhumuza wrote: >> After rethinking project management from the last mockup i made >> (http://brian.muhumuza.googlepages.com/working_with_objects.html), >> here's how i look at it now (image attached). > > Brian, thanks for this new mockup. > > I wonder if having a default workspace named "Desktop" is a step > backward -- it will become a dumping ground for most users. The beauty > of the document+project model is that it blends organization with > workflow. Users will go along with it, and magically find themselves > more organized at a later date than they might be otherwise :) Users
i think i see how it would be a dumping ground. the issue i was trying to address is that of creating a system that forces a user to work like a machine. > who would be organized anyway would appreciate the efficiency of this > model. > > Also, your description of "Desktop" hints at it being application-driven > rather than document-driven -- is this accurate, or am I misreading? > > what i meant to show was that the "Desktop" is a project too but a user doesn't have to create it first, it is always there. otherwise documents behave exactly as i described in the first mock up. where u see a window with a tool bar, etc i used it as an example. > Best, > > Sourav > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss > -- //MB _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
