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[Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 January 2011 11:19, Cyrille Ngassam Nkwenga <cyrildz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All Friends,
>
> Warning : I'm not a designer, but just a daily user of Ubuntu.
>
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>
> So let have a look on the "Desktop" paradigm.
>
> We used to understand the "Desktop" as the one on real life.  The "desktop
> contains our files(can contain Personal Data, Music, Pictures, Movies), this
> is the way we used it just now. But in this way , the Desktop means the same
> thing as our Home Folder.  it is a bit confusing. When we are working on
> Computer, we don't have any sight of the "Desktop", so for most of the time
> is irrelevant for us to keep on going with the "Desktop" as a Folder.
>
> I think they was/are active discussion about this "Desktop" paradigm.
>
> Here is my Idea : Why not start thinking of the Desktop as just A Big
> (pin)Wall !
>
> So we could add Notice , link (shotcuts), pictures, and more relevant
> things to the Wall through Widget. as a background for the Wall, light
> 'Wall'papers are just a logical choice.
> Designer could think about any other possibilty the Wall paradigm  could
> bring to the user's experience.
>
> Thanks All for reading me
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>
>
This seems quite relevant to this discussion:
http://live.gnome.org/TheBoardProject/

Luke.