It's never too late for a new feature (C) Novell :-) I just saw, that under Gnome, you get a new icon for every external drive attached. This _very useful_ feature was killed from KDE some SL versions ago, when the new "My Computer" icon was introduced. Could we have back the icons for removable media per default in KDE, too? Who likes them, who does not? Is there any technical problem doing so? For me it's just some clicks in the KDE control panel, but newbies perhaps do not find those settings.... -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Hilzinger Linux New Media AG Süskindstr. 4 D-81929 München Tel: +49 (89) 99 34 11 0 Fax: +49 (89) 99 34 11 99
I just saw, that under Gnome, you get a new icon for every external drive attached. This _very useful_ feature was killed from KDE some SL versions ago, when the new "My Computer" icon was introduced.
Could we have back the icons for removable media per default in KDE, too?
Who likes them, who does not? Is there any technical problem doing so?
For me it's just some clicks in the KDE control panel, but newbies perhaps do not find those settings....
Windows-users don't have those icons on their desk either but do have My Computer. I guess that they will take a look info that first before they start searching.... I don't miss them (USB is still a new icon, right?) and hated it when it was enabled by default because I know that there are mounted devices and I know that on that disk is audio and I will never browse on an audio-disk :-). Most of the people (I think) dont use the shortcuts.. Azerion
Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2006 12:07 schrieb Azerion:
I just saw, that under Gnome, you get a new icon for every external drive attached. This _very useful_ feature was killed from KDE some SL versions ago, when the new "My Computer" icon was introduced.
Could we have back the icons for removable media per default in KDE, too?
Who likes them, who does not? Is there any technical problem doing so?
For me it's just some clicks in the KDE control panel, but newbies perhaps do not find those settings....
Windows-users don't have those icons on their desk either but do have My Computer. I guess that they will take a look info that first before they start searching.... I don't miss them (USB is still a new icon, right?) No. That's the point. I dont want icons for internal drives, only for the external ones.
-- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Hilzinger Linux New Media AG Süskindstr. 4 D-81929 München Tel: +49 (89) 99 34 11 0 Fax: +49 (89) 99 34 11 99
Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2006 12:07 schrieb Azerion:
I just saw, that under Gnome, you get a new icon for every external drive attached. This _very useful_ feature was killed from KDE some SL versions ago, when the new "My Computer" icon was introduced.
Could we have back the icons for removable media per default in KDE, too?
Who likes them, who does not? Is there any technical problem doing so?
For me it's just some clicks in the KDE control panel, but newbies perhaps do not find those settings....
Windows-users don't have those icons on their desk either but do have My Computer. I guess that they will take a look info that first before they start searching.... I don't miss them (USB is still a new icon, right?) and hated it when it was enabled by default because I know that there are mounted devices and I know that on that disk is audio and I will never browse on an audio-disk :-). Most of the people (I think) dont use the shortcuts..
Azerion
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I always use either a shell or Konqueror to access them, I've never used My Computer or device icons. I really wouldn't miss it if neither of them are on the desktop - in fact, given the number of open applications, I never see my desktop anyway... It is just easier to call up Konq and browse the media directory. Dave -- "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2006 12:41 schrieb David Wright:
Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2006 12:07 schrieb Azerion: [...]
Windows-users don't have those icons on their desk either but do have My Computer. I guess that they will take a look info that first before they start searching.... I don't miss them (USB is still a new icon, right?) and hated it when it was enabled by default because I know that there are mounted devices and I know that on that disk is audio and I will never browse on an audio-disk :-). Most of the people (I think) dont use the shortcuts..
Azerion
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I always use either a shell or Konqueror to access them, I've never used My Computer or device icons. I really wouldn't miss it if neither of them are on the desktop - in fact, given the number of open applications, I never see my desktop anyway... It is just easier to call up Konq and browse the media directory.
OK, no more ;-( then. Actually, external media handling works very good with beta4, so let's hope that it will do it with the released version, too. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Hilzinger Linux New Media AG Süskindstr. 4 D-81929 München Tel: +49 (89) 99 34 11 0 Fax: +49 (89) 99 34 11 99
I always use either a shell or Konqueror to access them, I've never used My Computer or device icons. I really wouldn't miss it if neither of them are on the desktop - in fact, given the number of open applications, I never see my desktop anyway... It is just easier to call up Konq and browse the media directory.
Did you ever saw an avarage Windows-user in command? Thats not an option. And maybe we know easier ways to access the media, but hey, my girlsfriend never uses CTRL-C/V to copy-paste but keeps clicking with the mouse. Maybe the keyboard-way is faster but she is not used to it... Think about the n00b-user. Not about the expert. Azerion
On 22 Feb 2006 at 11:48, Marcel Hilzinger wrote:
It's never too late for a new feature (C) Novell
:-)
I just saw, that under Gnome, you get a new icon for every external drive attached. This _very useful_ feature was killed from KDE some SL versions ago, when the new "My Computer" icon was introduced.
Could we have back the icons for removable media per default in KDE, too?
Who likes them, who does not? Is there any technical problem doing so?
Around 9.x I had had the effect that I had a desktop icon for every flesystem (like /var, /tmp, /boot, /home, /usr, /opt, ...). I definitely don't want that. Up to 10.0 I have the problem in GNOME that such icons mostly appear "under" an existing icon, and thus are invisible (or mostly). Regards, Ulrich
Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2006 11:48 schrieb Marcel Hilzinger:
It's never too late for a new feature (C) Novell
:-)
I just saw, that under Gnome, you get a new icon for every external drive attached. This _very useful_ feature was killed from KDE some SL versions ago, when the new "My Computer" icon was introduced.
Could we have back the icons for removable media per default in KDE, too?
Who likes them, who does not? Is there any technical problem doing so? There is one technical problem: the layouting code of desktop icons is a mess as it has to cope with tons of dynamic changes. And the device icons are _always_ misplaced - so you need to look for them and "my computer" is a well defined place. But as you can enable it on your own liking, feel free to do it. We won't make it default.
Greetings, Stephan
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