For me, the desktop folder is important. We must Keep it. I use it for the link to files & folder i used everydays... Why not create a donload folder ? (with a link on the desktop... i like clean desktop)
2008/2/9, George Brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Personally I use the desktop to store three types of things (not just as > a junk store) > 1: Stuff that I'm working on at the moment (maybe a recently used files > virtual folder on part of the desktop) > 2: Stuff that I frequently need just after startup - links to applications > which I only use in certain locations. > 3: Files that I need rarely but when I do need don't want to have to go > searching through my home folder for. > So while it is a good idea to try and reduce the use of the desktop as a > junk store there still needs to be the flexibility to use it as a normal > folder if you wish (even if it needs to be enabled as an option) > > solar.george > > Travis Watkins wrote: > > On Feb 8, 2008 5:01 AM, Andrew Laignel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's an idea, and something I have been wanting for a long time... > > Get rid of the 'Desktop' as a file store - remove it from the directory > hierarchy! > > The only reason to store something on the desktop is if you can't be > bothered to put it where it's meant to go. Ideally everything should be > in the home folder, rather than split across a locations. Everything > else - shortcuts, pseudo-icons could remain but only if handled by the > system in an organised fashion ala Mac OS (drives and folders down RHS). > > The mixing of shortcuts, files, and system icons is generally a bad idea > as you don't know whats what largely. Generally most desktops are just > an ugly mess. > > If you remove the desktop-as-a-junkstore paradigm that everyone always > does because everyone's always done it it opens up many new > opportunities for using the desktop as an actual interface rather than > the reliance on toolbars. It would also make a more intuitive system as > you have more space to work with (as it will hide behind windows) so you > are not constrained to 32px height restrictions. > > Actually, the desktop effectively does not exist exactly because it is > covered almost all the time. This is probably why people don't worry > about using it as a junk store, they never see it unless they're > diving in there to get something anyway. Kind of like the junk drawer > on your real desk. :) > > You could have multiple icons for various things that would expand out > when hovered or clicked such as home folder, drives, places, software > etc. You could shade all the controls or slide them out of the way when > the desktop has no focus to prevent accidental clicks, and maybe slide > the home folder out if someone does try to drag something to the desktop > to make it obvious that's not where it goes. > > I've done a quick mockup of what I think would improve on the GUI. > Obviously it's not perfect but there may be some good ideas there. With > all the effort being spent on all the other areas of Ubuntu, more should > be spent on the interface. > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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