console/desktop integration

[Lars Hallberg]

Dennis Heuer wrote:

>Sorry, didn't know where to post it.
>(...)
>Console and Desktop Shaking Hands
>http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/1267/
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>
This illustrate some problem with moder gui directions.

They are more writen for gui rewiers, not for computer users. Computer 
users usaly is both gui and cli users, and some transperancy between the 
two is helpfull to computer users.

More humen understandable device name is good, as long the rela device 
name is still visable. Sometimes You want to use the device from the cli 
to. It shuld not be a completly new lerning experiens. Somtimes You know 
the real device name, You shuld not have to guess what 'human' name it 
matches.

Nautilus showing only the directory name in the window titlebar is 
another example. It's bad even when working with the gui. You don't know 
witch of all doc folders Your watching. You have to guess it from the 
content, not always easy as the filnames don't always reavel it, You 
have to go to file content!

Providing ways to easy navigate the files without understanding the 
fileheirachy is good, but hiding it is bad. Give the user the info the 
user need!

Menus is another thing. They usaly dont use the cli appname anyway 
(gimp-remote rather then gimp). But some way to get the appname would be 
good. right click on a menu could open a propertys windows, giving a 
description of the program, its cli name, links to bothe gui and cli 
help, probably eaven some links to the pakaging system for 
upgrading/uninstall.

Humen understandable (and localised names) shuld be the most prominent. 
But the 'real' names and location of things shuld be avalible! Users 
shuld not only be asisted in doing stuf, they shuld be asisted in 
lerning stuff!

/LaH