On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:40 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
<lkcl(a)lkcl.net> 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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