[haiku] Re: Desktop folder disappears from /boot/home

Hi,

> I have a problem that i remember also in BeOS, the Desktop folder
> disappears
> from /boot/home but he is watched by the terminal and i can cd into, the
> desktop is well, but i can't cd into it using the tracker, yet i can cd
> into
> a directory contained in the desktop, this is a screenshot :
> 
> http://f.imagehost.org/view/0350/desktoproblem
> 
> Anywone know this problem?

This is not a "problem" of your installation, but a design decision by the BeOS 
engineers. They decided that the user should not see the Desktop folder inside 
the home folder, it's hidden on purpose by Tracker. You already see the 
contents of the Desktop folder "as the desktop". This has a couple of problems, 
because when a couple of desktops are eventually merged from different volumes, 
you cannot tell which content is on which volume. This may lead to problems 
when making backups for example. Personally, I like the solution in Gnome, 
where the Desktop folder is shown as regular folder entry in file listings and 
you can CD into it (like in Haiku's file panels), but also show it as a regular 
folder window, even if you see the contents twice then.

Best regards,
-Stephan

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