Desktop apps interoperability

[Rogelio Serrano]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:40 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
<lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 12:27:31AM -0500, Ivan Gyurdiev wrote:
> 
> > Now Windows' approach of having "My Documents" and the like is starting
> > to make a lot of sense (even though I absolutely hate those names).
> 
>  and the concept of a registry, too.
> 
>  unix has a lot of legacy headaches to answer for that make its
>  useability as a desktop system a pain in the neck.
> 
>  perhaps this is one that's worthwhile raising with the linux
>  standards base people?
> 
>  if it doesn't present a solution "now" it might at least get one into
>  the pipeline and start to make a difference in five to ten years time.
> 
>  l.
> 

NextStep and Mac OS X solved this problem very elegantly. IMHO.  


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