new items not showing up on desktop

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 22:59 -0500, charles zeitler wrote:
> when i add items to "desktop", with konqueror or konsole,
> they are not displayed on the screen.
> 
> is this a quirk with kde-4.1 or something else?
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I have termed the desktop in KDE-4.x the dead zone.

With the 4.1 updates, you can add the widget (right click on the desktop
and select 'add widget'), called 'folder view' - but even that leaves
much to be desired.

On KDE 4, the 'Desktop' has definitely changed personality

Craig