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Don't you think that having so many ways of organizing data might just lead to confusion? For you or me it might seem great to have so many options, but for the
by MatthewRayfield 16y ago
Don't you think that having so many ways of organizing data might just lead to confusion? For you or me it might seem great to have so many options, but for the average computer user I feel like it could be pretty overwhelming.
- spooneybarger 16y agoIf you provide a standard pool then the application could decide how to display by adding specific data to it. Want to just use metadata, that is there. Want to use hierarchy? Provide a way to do. Each app can do what it wants.
- MatthewRayfield 16y agoI really like that idea. That way it would be completely up to the application creator to make the experience of organizing data make sense in context.
- spooneybarger 16y agoThat was the general idea behind the newton's 'soup' and the db parts of the BeFS.
- MatthewRayfield 16y agoThese were all things before my time. I appreciate you bringing them up, Lifestreams too, gives me interesting things to read and think about.
- spooneybarger 16y agoIt is sad is how little we have progressed since then.
- MatthewRayfield 16y agoIt's true. It seems strange to me that there hasn't been any innovation in the way we organize files in a long time, especially with the trend towards touch-based interfaces and focus on user experience.