Comment Re:3Dtop one of my favorites .... (Score 2, Interesting) 186
You know, I'm not sure I've ever quite got the whole desktop metaphor. I've never really seen the point in the desktop itself. Windows, taskbars, menus etc - fine, but why do we need a special window (the desktop) that is always there behind the others but only has limited space?
Most people's desktops just seem to be a rather disorganised collection of shortcuts and temporary documents and people don't seem to get the fact that really this "desktop" is just a view on a folder (I'm talking about non expert users here obviously). It would help if Windows didn't forget where your desktop icons were when you do things like change res, but even so it just seems like a dumping ground.
Why do we need to be able to launch an app from the start menu, the desktop and the quick launch bar? Personally I use the start menu as a list of all the apps I've got plus I make a sub menu of the apps I use fairly regularly. The apps I use everyday go on the quick launch bar. I suppose I could use the desktop in the same way but since I tend to maximise my editor it's handy to have stuff on the taskbar so it doesn't get obscured.
For the same reasons, while I tried 3dtop and it ran nicely, I can't see the point. Maybe if I navigated round all my folders spatially and my files stayed where I put them in that 2d or 3d space I could begin to see the point (although I'd need a digital house maid!). As it stands I find an incontinuity between the spatial desktop and the list based files/folders in a file manager.
Am I missing something?
Most people's desktops just seem to be a rather disorganised collection of shortcuts and temporary documents and people don't seem to get the fact that really this "desktop" is just a view on a folder (I'm talking about non expert users here obviously). It would help if Windows didn't forget where your desktop icons were when you do things like change res, but even so it just seems like a dumping ground.
Why do we need to be able to launch an app from the start menu, the desktop and the quick launch bar? Personally I use the start menu as a list of all the apps I've got plus I make a sub menu of the apps I use fairly regularly. The apps I use everyday go on the quick launch bar. I suppose I could use the desktop in the same way but since I tend to maximise my editor it's handy to have stuff on the taskbar so it doesn't get obscured.
For the same reasons, while I tried 3dtop and it ran nicely, I can't see the point. Maybe if I navigated round all my folders spatially and my files stayed where I put them in that 2d or 3d space I could begin to see the point (although I'd need a digital house maid!). As it stands I find an incontinuity between the spatial desktop and the list based files/folders in a file manager.
Am I missing something?
