On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 02:25 +0200, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > >> 2. In which of the above categories would you prefer to see >> "Contacts".. Personal or rather Network? or perhaps a new "People" >> category? > > Network is for your local (computer) network and thus no place for > Contacts/People. > > Not all contacts/people a user wants or has to manage are what they > would call "personal". > > > People and Contacts are not quite the same. The first implies or > encourages bundling of as much information as you you can get, while the > later puts an emphasis on addresses and communication channels. >
Helpful further reading specifically on that: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/designing-for-social (Designing for Social Interaction – Strong, Weak, and Temporary Ties) >> 3. What do you know about the concept of "Places" and how happy are >> you with the current implementation of it? > > I think the Desktop folder has great potential to confuse users with its > special dual presence. > > The whole dual approach of having a single-rooted filesystem and > "Places" on top of it presents a scary conceptual depth. > This reminds me that I always wonder why not just the desktop space is used for file management. Basically, marry the file manager (or better: file browser) with the desktop background. Integrate some of the file managers’ back and forward or breadcrumb controls. Ubuntu and Mac OS already shows mounted drives but that’s just a half-assed implementation. I have to think this through more. Sorry for derailing the thread a bit. ;) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
