On 1/24/11, John A. Sullivan III jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com wrote:
On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 19:29 -0500, Katheryne Draven wrote:
<snip> > Poor, overworked Tim wrote "Well, I do want to convey to the user that > the Documents folder is unique to his or her profile, unlike the other > shortcuts which point to shared system resources that are identical > across all profiles. Personally I > like "My Documents", but other alternatives could be "Personal > Documents", "Personal Files" or similar. - Isn't it possible to create > a script that would read the user's login name and create a direct > such as "Tim's User File" which would contain everything in its own > net subdirectories (Documents, Spreedsheets, Homework (for those still > in skool), Photos etc). My people just a directory called User-Files, > or rename it later on. > <snip>
Someone earlier pointed out the problem with spaces and I wholeheartedly agree. I think that's an excellent idea. Whatever we do, can we avoid spaces in the directory names. I suppose that's really not a KMenu item but drifted into the thread via the reference to My Computer.
John A. Sullivan III wrote "People have businesses to run and could care less about educating themselves (rightfully)." - I've never met a successful business person who didn't what to know how it all works, considering its how money is made. I have business client, all of which have wanted to see what's under the hood. Once again, We cannot cater to those who cannot/will not learn or simple use their mind. Its simply impossible to crater to those who do not think. Think about it, how can you build something for someone that doesn't care? A person like this, is never happy.
<snip> I'll gladly yield on this as I may be reflecting our own experiences. We are moving entire small business over and we find the owner / decision maker is interested, engaged, and sold. Then there are the 10, 20, 100, 200 other users who could care less and are only interested in getting their jobs done. When their productivity starts to sag or just because it is different and they like to complain, we start getting lots of push back about it being different. Honestly, from looking at how well this conversation is going, I have a sneaking suspicion that the end result will be very usable and not much of a transition. I do think it is a dangerous assumption to think end users will be engaged - the project sponsor may be but then come the next 200 rank and file.
Many thanks to all for such thoughtful and peaceful input - John
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Tiago thank you.
John
Now I see what you're saying regarding business. I thought you were talking about the owners, where, it seems, you were talking about the employees who only see it as a paycheck.
If that's what you're saying then yes, you're right. I've experienced employees who didn't care either way what was going on so long as they were paid. In once case, the owner, a kind person, was so put off by their lack of interest, he decided to outsource. To add injury to insult, the end work wasn't any better.
However, I would still rather build something for someone who could appreciate it.
Thank you both,
Kate