On 1/24/11, John A. Sullivan III <jsullivan@...> 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: > trinity-users-help@... > Read list messsages on the Web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > 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