I will summary it to you. Yes, is more logical, but everything else is broken and we all have their $HOME full of files and dirs.
Regards. BJörn Lindqvist wrote: >>On Mi, 2005-07-27 at 18:04 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote: >> >> >>>A minor irritation of mine. gnome-terminal opens in the home >>>directory, other apps open in $HOME/Desktop. Then i found this >>>http://gnome-hacks.jodrell.net/hacks.html?id=2 and it solved my >>>problem. No more two places that are basically the same! >>> >>> >>This has been discussed excessively a few times here. Though I happen to >>agree with you (and use Desktop = Home happily since almost a year), >>many others did not. Best search the archives, IIRC somebody posted a >>summary of the benefits and drawbacks of each model. >> >>There is also a proposal of a model in which an environment variable can >>be set accordingly, to make it possible for any script (even those that >>are not aware of gconf) to determine the correct location of $HOME and >>the desktop. >> >> > >Everything is possible I guess. But it doesn't stop the sad feeling >you get when you realise, after three years of using Gnome, that your >Gnome experience could have been significantly better had one little >Gconf key been set by default. :/ > >Could someone please provide me with links to the previous discussions >about this issue? I couldn't find it in the archives. Also this >threads headcount is 4/5 that likes $HOME == Desktop, so maybe people >aren't as divided on the issue anymore? > > > _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
