tir, 10.08.2004 kl. 16.57 skrev Stewart Smith: > a bit like what OSX has, i've been thinking that a set of default > folders (with some cool icons) could help users a bit. > > I've put this up at : > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=129564 > > simply so it's kinda 1/2 officially tracked, and in the future, people > with the same idea can (easily) find some track of discussion.... > > I propose adding the following to the /etc/skel for new users, with > funky icons on the folders to help increasing the clarity of where > things are and some hints on helping them organise things. > > Note that with the introduction of things like ~/Contacts/, ~/Mail/ > and ~/Settings, this gives the user a clear picture of where things > are, and what things are important to back up (if they so choose). > > Some users may just see their mail as important, and not care about > contacts or music. Others may see Contacts, Mail, Settings and > Documents as important and can just (easily! with nautilus-cd-burner) > write these to CD for backup. > > ~/Contacts - where evolution stores contacts, with human-readable file > names (e.g. "Firstname Lastname.vcf" or something). > ~/Desktop - same as it is now, the contents of the users desktop. > ~/Documents - a suggested location for documents (and the default save > location for applications such as OpenOffice) > ~/Mail - where Evolution stores it's mail. > ~/Movies - for the kick-ass iMovie type thing that we so need. > ~/Music - Music Player's place to put music! > ~/Photos - Gthumb's place to go, and the digital camera tool! > ~/Web Pages - ==public_html (and shared by apache, if installed). > > I have no real expectation taht this will make Core3 in any complete > way, but is a good talking point and UI suggestion. This will make it > easier for users. I love this idea. It was proposed for in an article I read somewhere some time ago, but I can't locate it. What struck me then, and strikes me now is: What about the non-english users? Sure, having the names of the the folder internationalized shouldn't prove that difficult, but how do we make rhythmbox or Evolution look in the internationalized folders? -- Sindre Pedersen Bjordal <foolish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> www.fedoraforum.org
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