[desktop-discuss] CDE removal ?

[Douglas Atique]

Just an usability comment.
One feature of CDE (in particular dtfile) that I miss too much when using gnome is the simple Ctrl+T keyboard accelerator to open a terminal with the same cwd as the directory shown in the file manager. That's a time saver. Gnome forces me to use the mouse to open a terminal.
Another feature (this one from dtterm) that I miss as much is the possibility to drag some text and drop it on the terminal window to have it typed to the command line. In gnome I must mark the text and manage to press both mouse buttons simultaneously (which I sometimes miss).
These two features made me think several times before switching to gnome, and when I finally did I still wasn't very convinced I would be productive.
A last observation. Who would care about a Documents folder in the desktop? I really need a shortcut to my home folder, and I am forced to open the Documents folder and cd .. to get home. All in all, I think gnome targets only novice users, and tries to be a replacement for Windows desktops. I hope they will improve soon.
 
-- Douglas

> I have been a Solaris user since Solaris 2.0 and used
> SunOS 1.X.X 
> before that.  I did actually use CDE in Solaris 2.6
> but I tend to use 
> core Unix tools when possible so my only experience
> with the file 
> manager was when using CDs.
 
 
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