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Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity

To: Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>, Ayatana Mailing List <ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
From: Thibaut Brandscheid <randaltor@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 16:22:18 +0200
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Bug 40872 (Desktop icons are allowed to overlap) is a real UX problem.

I help and teach an old man using his computer. He never understood (and probably never will) how to use Nautilus and what the difference between a file and a folder is. When he creates a new document he saves it always on the desktop (don't know how to use 'save as' → the folder part is confusing him). With the time his desktop got messed up with a lot of files overlapping each other ~100 files. Thats not how it should be.
A user should always be able to see his (new) files on the desktop.

If there is no space left, warn the user and propose something like - put old files in an 'old files' folder on the desktop → to get some free space. Its not ideal, but better than overlapping and seeing nothing.

References:
- [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
  - From: Niklas Rosenqvist
- Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
  - From: Niklas Rosenqvist
- Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
  - From: Ingo Gerth
- Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
  - From: Niklas Rosenqvist
- Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
  - From: Niklas Rosenqvist
- Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
  - From: Niklas Rosenqvist
- Re: [Ayatana] Apply a real grid feature for both the Gnome 2.x desktop and Unity
  - From: Ed Lin

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