On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 11:17 -0400, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
I don't really think opening any specific app being it a terminal
or
xchat or a web browser or email or whatever... is inherently a
"desktop" operation. If the desktop is suppose have an open terminal
item in its context menu..
The desktop is actually a means of interfacing the computer.
The same way I usually type nautilus /some/path, sometimes, I also like
to be able to quickly call up a terminal (another means of interfacing
the computer) and which is the quicker (Fitt's law) way to do it than
the 5th main pointer coordinate (the current pointer coordinate)?
then my web browser could also have an
The web browser is a means of interacting with the web. Some web
browsers have support for file:// but's merely an accidental support.
Then use the menus or set the keyboard binding to launch the
terminal.
There's no reason that "powerful" commands need to be accessible via
the desktop context menu... by default.
There's a huge reason to do this, along with NOT USING ~/Desktop but
$HOME as the desktop.
COHERENCE
Like the shell shows you $HOME by default, so should the Desktop.
It is so much simpler...
Rui
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