Desktop in the Shell

“However, I haven’t seen much more happening since then, and I
believe this to be a fundamental question to settle. GNOME 3 would
be, in my humble opinion, a perfect window of opportunity for an
“intrusive” paradigm shift like killing the aging desktop
metaphor.

“I believe the concept of “icons on the desktop” to be
counterproductive and perhaps counterintuitive. This blog post is a
humble attempt at demonstrating why. Windows obfuscating
contents

“Most of the time, the desktop is hidden by multiple windows. To
access your desktop contents, you need to manually minimize your
windows, hit Ctrl+Alt+D, or use the “Show desktop” panel applet
(which probably won’t exist in the Shell anyway). Then, when you
are done interacting with your desktop, you need to raise all your
windows again. You keep moving things out of the way and putting
them back in the way, all the time!”

Complete
Story