Public bug reported: For many users coming from the "Windows World", they are used to seeing familiar icons on their desktop such as "My Computer", "My Documents", "Recycling Bin", etc.
The most intuitive way to try to get these icons is to right click on the desktop, and find a menu which might relate to this modification. I've been with Ubuntu since 6.XX days (now using 10.04), and the closest menu item I've seen for this is: Desktop --> Right Click --> "Change Desktop Background". Now, this opens the "Appearance Preferences" dialogue window. Unfortunately, the user can browse through this window and it's tabs and menus, but will not find the ability to add desktop icons. As per http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/07/how-to-include-my- computer-or-my-documents-icon-your-desktop-ubuntu-510-6061-610/, it is currently possible to achieve this goal using the "gconf-editor" tool. This is certainly an acceptable means for any moderate to expert user, but doesn't really help the beginners unless they can properly Google for this problem, and that assumes they'll even spend more time on this than they already did looking through the menus and system preferences without success. SUGGESTION: Add a tab to "Appearance Preferences" called "Desktop". In here, the user should be able to control the addition and removal of "Desktop Icons" (and perhaps other things going forward!). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jul 8 21:11:19 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_CA.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: meta-gnome2 ** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid -- Add ability to more intuitively add/remove "Desktop Icons" through the "Appearance Preferences" Window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/603408 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
