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Nothing stops you from putting the inode number in a copyable field in a "file properties" window. Now, of course there is basically nothing you can do with an
by pwdisswordfish 10y ago
Nothing stops you from putting the inode number in a copyable field in a "file properties" window. Now, of course there is basically nothing you can do with an inode number in a graphical environment, but then there is also very little you can do with it in a command line as well. Omitting this detail is not something "inerent" to graphical interfaces.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoFair enough: for that particular detail. The point is, when UX matters, you cannot add mode switch (like command line flags), and you can't give the user all the data: their eyes would pop out. The GUI is a higher level abstraction: lack of control is the tradeoff.
- rer 10y agoWhat if the data where there but not in front of their eyes. I want there to be data there.