Hi Giovanni!
> I've seen your page and I must admit I like it. Just I think the > "Desktop" is not the right concept here. In fact, the desktop > metaphor, while being very familiar to users, has some limits: > - like wooden desktops, it tends to become a mess; > It's already a mess. I don't know anybody capable to keep a desktop clean and a strict folder organization. > - it requires you to minimize the current windows (something we should > avoid given the difficulty to restore a window). > It's a big problem in my opinion, if we can't minimize windows we can't use the only desktop folder we have. > In addition, the GNOME 2 desktop implementation has some more > "flaws" (as I see them): > - it mixes volumes (USB, SD), network shares, standard icons (Computer, > Trash) with real existing files > I don't understand, don't we already do that? > - being a Freedesktop, it uses $XDG_DESKTOP_DIR (and assumes there is > one such directory) > I know it's a big change ;) > Therefore I think that projects should be moved to a separate ~/Projects > directory, and that an extension be made to Shell to add either a > Plasma-like widget to the background, clearly distinguished from the > remaining ~/Desktop, or something like the proposed Task Pooper, > overlaying windows from the bottom. > I have made a mockup with a Plasma-like widget but it just hided a unnecessary desktop because at this time we are working in a project. I deliberately decide to not use widget and directly put the documents on the desktop. http://nsa15.casimages.com/img/2010/05/02/100502065741947598.png Also, I think that instead of fixed directories like ~/Projects/Work and > ~/Projects/Home, we should add tags in each directory, using a .project > file, or extending current .directory syntax. In particular we should > avoid dot-files whenever possible, as GtkFileChooser showes them > randomly I prefer working in a desktop folder, because in my idea I display the folder in full screen. But if we can tag any folder, and transform it in a desktop folder, it's can be interesting. For technical questions, it seems important to have a draft copy on a USB stick and go with all the elements the most easily possible. For technical questions, it seems important to easily copy on a USB stick and go with all the elements as simply as possible. kind regards, Kao > Giovanni > > > 2010/5/8 Virgil Brummond <[email protected]> > > Kao Chen, the idea about projects seems great. Just have an > > activity and > > drop it, though I think it might be better if you drop it > > twice to just > > move all the currently open ones to the workspace in question, > > and not > > open another copy of them. What do you think? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > >
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