proposal to remove the "Start Here" icon

[Mike Fedyk]

K. Spearel wrote:

>Why does it seem that developers/people in charge are so eager to remove
>things from the desktop?  Should the desktop not be the users primary
>way of accessing the system?  Why shouldn't the desktop present icons so
>a simple point and click will bring up 90% of all the things a user
>typically does in a day's work?  Does anyone agree that perhaps the
>reason for the lack of acceptance of the Linux desktop is what I see as
>a bias on the part of "those in charge" away from using truly graphical
>methods and a reliance on the keyboard to do the heavy lifting?  Isn't a
>point and click on a desktop icon even more efficient than launching
>from a menu?  Shouldn't the desktop be easily configurable as the
>ultimate "Favorites Menu"?
>
It seems to me that more icons on the desktop, and a drawer of desktop 
contents (for those that don't see their desktop often) would be a great 
default setup...