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Re: Some more GWorkspace suggestions
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Tobias |
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Re: Some more GWorkspace suggestions |
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Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:50:20 +0200 |
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> >> * The "DeskTop" (sic) preferences panel should be changed to simply
> >> "Background". If people see the word desktop, they may assume they can
> >> leave files there. What GWorkspace creates is more accurately described
> >> as a Background, IMHO.
> >
> > Did you ever try to leave a file or a folder there? If you did, you would
> > have noticed, that it is in fact a desktop and not a mere background.
>
> Yes, but attention! The objects you put on the "desktop", *are not* moved
> from their original location; it acts as a big shelf; there is not a
> "DesktopFolder" in GW.
which i find much better.
maybe a bit docu about it would not hurt (and is being written...), but i
like it this way.
and using background instead of desktop is simply bad. because what you have
is a desktop, which happens not to copy, but to link (sort of).
~ibotty