[kde] [Bug 330204] Symlink vs. "Link to location (URL)" vs. regular folder

[Frank Reininghaus]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330204

--- Comment #3 from Frank Reininghaus <frank78ac at googlemail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> I think the symlinks  concept is harder to grasp for the average user than a
> simple shortcut. So 
> what do you think about setting "shortcut" (link to location) as default?

I think you mean a .desktop file which contains a "URL" line when you say
"simple shortcut"? I'm asking because I've never seen the term "shortcut" in
the context of links in the Linux/KDE world, and I'm not aware of any other
kind of links (except symlinks and hard links).

If that assumption is true, I fail to see why this is a simpler concept than a
symlink. The .desktop file is a text file, which happens to be interpreted as a
link by some applications, like Dolphin, but not by others (try to open it with
KWrite, for example). What is simple to grasp about that?

Accessing a symlink has the same effect as accessing the file directly, no
matter how you access it. If we replace symlinks by .desktop files in the
drag&drop menu, as you suggest, we would get a huge amount of complaints,
because this will break the expectations of all users who have happily created
symlinks in the past years. And BTW, I'm not aware of any complaint about the
symlinks before this report.

bugs.kde.org is not the best place to discuss such changes - few people read
bug reports. If you have ideas for changing the behavior of KDE applications or
libraries, you might want to start a discussion with other users at KDE
Brainstorm:

http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=83

If you believe that there is a usability problem and you know a way to improve
it, you might also want to write to the kde-usabily list.

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