feedback on default plasma-desktop layout

[Jim Dean]

Is a blank folderview much different to a blank desktop? It is just a box
sitting on the desktop.

If it contained something useful or helpful that might be different.

On 27 August 2011 03:54, Colin J Thomson <colin at g6avk.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> On Friday 26 Aug 2011 18:24:21 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 Aug 2011 Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > I know people who can't find files at all once they are no longer in
> a
> > > > Recent Files list :-)
> > >
> > > That's what the windows paradigm does to computer users. Files are
> > > placed into virtual directories like 'my this' and 'my that', so people
> > > haven't got a clue where they really are located on their hard drives
> > > (and how can they be expected to back anything up when they can't even
> > > find it?). When you ask them, they say it's in itunes or it's in the
> > > media player, as if the file were inside the program somewhere ;-)
> >
> > No-one denies that, but this is real life.  If you want to help and
> educate
> > people you don't do it by giving them something so blank that they
> haven't
> > a clue where to start.
>
> FWIW I agree 100% with Anne, all those on here suggesting a blank Desktop
> is
> best are the experienced 4.x users not new user's.
>
> In the end a blank Desktop will lead to a lot of confusion and questions
> which
> then leads to unnecessary work/questions for those involved with KDE.
>
> Colin
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