On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Alan Horkan wrote:
> > I would like to propose introducing content folders to GNOME, similar to > > Windows' "My Documents", "My Music", etc.. this will improve usability > > Some distributions have already done this. I want to smack them really > hard with a wet fish for using that annoying "My " prefix in front of > everything. > > by creating a structure where the user can organize his or her > > documents, as opposed to storing everything in /home. This will > > improve security by allowing us to label such folders with > > individual security context, and only allow applications to > > read/write to that particular context. > > > > I proposed the following as a first draft to NSA-list, but the concept > > is important, not the exact folders - I'm sure you can figure out a > > better scheme: > > I've suggested this Structure in $HOME http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-January/thread.html#00273 A Few Standard Folders [Re: Structure in $HOME] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-January/msg00273.html RFC: Common desktop-wide paths http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2004-October/msg00016.html > (I'm grossly over simplifying because I'm in a hurry but) The solution I > thought was most promising was to have: > ~/Documents/ > and various subfolders of that. > I really must go but I will try and provide you more information later in > the week. > Sincerely > > Alan Horkan > > Inkscape http://inkscape.org > Abiword http://www.abisource.com Sincerely Alan Horkan Inkscape http://inkscape.org Abiword http://www.abisource.com Dia http://gnome.org/projects/dia/ Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
