On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:40 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
<lkcl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 12:27:31AM -0500, Ivan Gyurdiev wrote:
>
> > Now Windows' approach of having "My Documents" and the like is starting
> > to make a lot of sense (even though I absolutely hate those names).
>
> and the concept of a registry, too.
>
> unix has a lot of legacy headaches to answer for that make its
> useability as a desktop system a pain in the neck.
>
> perhaps this is one that's worthwhile raising with the linux
> standards base people?
>
> if it doesn't present a solution "now" it might at least get one into
> the pipeline and start to make a difference in five to ten years time.
>
> l.
>
NextStep and Mac OS X solved this problem very elegantly. IMHO.
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