new items not showing up on desktop

[Travis Arnold]

Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 22:59 -0500, charles zeitler wrote:
>   
>> when i add items to "desktop", with konqueror or konsole,
>> they are not displayed on the screen.
>>
>> is this a quirk with kde-4.1 or something else?
>>     
> ----
> I have termed the desktop in KDE-4.x the dead zone.
>
> With the 4.1 updates, you can add the widget (right click on the desktop
> and select 'add widget'), called 'folder view' - but even that leaves
> much to be desired.
>
> On KDE 4, the 'Desktop' has definitely changed personality
>
> Craig
>
>   
When you say changed personality what does that mean?  I see the folder 
within a larger back ground...where as gnome it seems to be the physical 
border of the screen?  Is that correct?

Travis