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Windows Explorer can be extended; the example I remember is browsing a folder of email message files, both the metadata attributes displayed in list view, and a
by watersb 9y ago
Windows Explorer can be extended; the example I remember is browsing a folder of email message files, both the metadata attributes displayed in list view, and a functional content pane for viewing the message itself.
Be OS did this, too; I got the impression that Windows was inspired by that, both for BeFS (NTFS) and the desktop filesystem UX.
- digi_owl 9y agoNTFS was introduced a few years before BEOS. More likely that they were both inspired by a common source. Never mind that MS have been working on a fully database driven FS (WinFS?) for ages.