For me, the reasoning behind using the home directory as the desktop is really just that that's what I use my home directory for. It's where I keep my stuff. Whether that means keeping files on the desktop directly, or organising what i keep there into folders, use of the home directory as the desktop is really the most straightforward application of the desktop metaphor. Plus, since my home directory is always right in front of me, i have more of a tendancy to keep things organized, delete things i'm not using. On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 17:01, Eloy A. Paris wrote: > My question to the group is: what is wrong with a directory in each > user's home directory called "Desktop"? I'd love to see this > approach. MacOS X (which I think has a reasonably good GUI) does this, > and that other operating system that shall not be named does something > similar too (it puts it as a directory called "Desktop" in each user's > profile). I would also like to see other important folders like > "Documents" and "Trash" at the same level as well (in the user's home > directory). Again, good GUIs like OS X's do this exact thing. > > I have always wondered why in Linux (at least in Gnome, haven't used KDE > in a loooong time) I can't easily save a document to the desktop. In the > Open and Save dialog boxes there is no easy way to open the desktop > folder. This a major pain in the ass, at least for me. If there's > something I am missing here please enlighten me. > > I see a lot of problems with the "use your home directory as your > desktop" approach, like "I want to see dot files, even in the desktop > folder". If we use our home directory as our desktop then we're > screwed because there are just to many dot files there. > > I personally would not like to see the Linux GUIs going down that route, > it doesn't sound right to me. But that is just me, I understand others > don't have a problem with this. -- Jeremy Nickurak <atrus@debian.spam.rifetech.com>
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