Tomasz Sterna a écrit : > Dnia 2008-02-07, Cz o godzinie 19:21 +0100, Milan pisze: > >> But as a general rule, calling any item "Computer" on a computer >> desktop >> is something silly >> > > I don't understand your reasoning really. > > Please look around you. > I guess you are sitting at the desk, which has a desk-top on which > stands a... computer? > If you think what is inside the computer, you will come to the > conclusion that there are disks inside... and some network > connectivity... and a pendrive attached... oh, there's also an optical > disk drive in your computer... > There's also every piece of hardware listed in hal-device-manager, even sound devices whose volume you could set, a GPU and a screen that can be configured and on which you can see icons you may want to customize... What's the point here? What I was laying stress on is that computer *is* your Desktop, and that computer:// only is a list of disks and remote folders you can browse. > This is a natural extension to the desktop metafor to have computer, > documents or even folders and trashcan on the desktop (although I keep > my trashcan ON the desktop only when looking for trashed documents ;-) > I have no problem with this metaphor, it is right: it's the place were you have everything accessible immediately, and easy to see. This has nothing to do with the computer metaphor. > It may be worth considering whether today users think that they have > "documents" inside their computer rather than "disks"... But they are > still inside the computer:// > I can understand that people think in terms of Documents today - my proposals may not be the right. But "computer" is not the thing people think to when they look for they documents on removable drives or remote folders.
So far I can't see any constructive answer. Others just look like jokes. Does anyone understands my stand here? Thanks -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
