no more desktop icons in KDE 4.1
(Now that I have your attention with that title ...
I just committed a change to the default desktop containment that removes desktop icon support. Yes, it has finally happened ... no more splattering icons from the "desktop" folder across the screen. Buh-bye.
Let me pause while some of you get all worked up and ready to punch the "Add comment" link to flame me to kingdom come.
Ok, so here's what a Plasma desktop looks like with a fresh user account right now (well, minus the trashcan):
In the screenshot you can see krunner doing its thing as well as the new panel layout. There are some icon sizing issues remaingin to be worked out in the latter as you can probably see, but it's getting closer.
"Hey!" I hear you say, "I see icons on that desktop!" That's quite right. (And, I must say, you are quite observant today. So what was a mumbling about earlier then when I said the icons were gone?
Well, we now have a folder view applet courtesy of Frederik Höglund. It can view any folder you want, including the desktop folder.
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Good riddance.
It'll confuse Windows escapees though. A lot.