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> These 45 names are totally confusing. These names make stuff like: C:\Documents and Settings\billg\My Documents\My Pictures seem clear. Almost forgot what pa
by zaphodias 4y ago
> These 45 names are totally confusing. These names make stuff like: C:\Documents and Settings\billg\My Documents\My Pictures seem clear.
Almost forgot what paths on Windows look like lol
- doubled112 4y agoIt’s a lot to type and there are spaces. I am glad they switched to C:\Users\billg\Pictures
- WhyNotHugo 4y agoMissed opportunity to call it C:\Home\billg\Pictures (going for slash instead of backslash is too ambitious).
- lozenge 4y agoThey wanted to make sure every third party product could handle long paths and spaces in paths, otherwise it would have been C:\Users.