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I personally like and appreciate how messy and chaotic the desktop computing experience is. My computer is super disorganized, practically every file is some va
by alphabet9000 5y ago
I personally like and appreciate how messy and chaotic the desktop computing experience is. My computer is super disorganized, practically every file is some variation of ooisajfisajfasjfdaosijfdaoisdjfaoisfdjasdfoijsafd.jpg. But when I need to go find something, it's fun, because I get to shuffle through all my files and see everything, and that experience is like perpetually a fun reminder of all the stuff I've collected on my computer. If it was easier to find things instantly every time, I'd never go looking at all the stuff scattered around everywhere, like someone who has a bunch of old pictures they have in their attic and never see again.
- dredmorbius 5y agoA well-organised archive with document adjacency also affords this capability. As examples, you'll find library patron waxing eloquently over the joys of card-catalogue search and shelf-browsing. (Clifford Stoll being an example of the former.) Digital browsing is possible, though of course the dynamics differ.