Bug 111350

Summary:	Usability: Choise of icons for home folders in homes:/ could be better
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kio	Reporter:	uno
Component:	home	Assignee:	Kevin Ottens <ervin>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description uno 2005-08-23 15:09:13 UTC

Version:           The one shipped with KDE 3.5 alfa (using KDE KDE 3.4.90)
Installed from:    Unspecified
Compiler:          irrellevant to usability bugs 
OS:                I Don't Know

In the new homes:/ location in KDE 3.5 the home directories of the users are listed by the full name of the user. That way these folders act as some sort of proxy for the real user. This makes the icons feel a bit out of place.

IMHO, the icons should refer more to people than to various types of housing.

Comment 1 uno 2005-08-25 06:46:14 UTC

BTW, perhaps the location should be named users:/ instead of homes. That way it will be easier to distingush from the home directory of one specific user.

It would also be a better name, if we at a later date decide to inroduce other user related services. I'm thinking of some kind of workflow system, or drop boxes for files, or perhaps a RMB menu button for send mail to.

Comment 2 Kevin Ottens 2009-02-28 11:16:19 UTC

kio home doesn't exist on KDE4.