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I think one thing that really confuses people is how user data is stored in the same space as system files, and can be manipulated in the same way. It's fine fo
by rmundo 16y ago
I think one thing that really confuses people is how user data is stored in the same space as system files, and can be manipulated in the same way. It's fine for people who know what they are doing, but many people I know are lost if their files aren't on the desktop or My Documents.
The average user doesn't need to look anywhere outside their home directory, or inside their application bundles. iPhone OS is a good start, but eventually Apple will probably want to provide a way for apps to share data, perhaps a common pool for app data. Or maybe a cloud data storage api which all apps use to store and retrieve files.
The sheer amount of data we have and how to organize that is yet another problem that is likely still waiting for a brilliant solution.
- greendestiny 16y agoYeah I agree, and I'd further say I do know what I'm doing and I hate the file system. Unix is much better than windows in that their are much stronger conventions on where to store things, but its still a shmozzle. I think the iPhone OS model is starting to crumble on the iPad with the increase in filetypes that people expect to interact with. I was hoping to see an extension of the itunes library style of database to cover different file types.