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I think both terms are inferior to what Amiga used: “Drawers”. Truly the biggest loss when Commodore went bankrupt. (My first GUI growing up)
by function_seven 4y ago
I think both terms are inferior to what Amiga used:
“Drawers”.
Truly the biggest loss when Commodore went bankrupt. (My first GUI growing up)
- nicky0 4y agoI has an Amiga as a kid and I remember in an IT class (where everything was Windows), I started talking about putting files in drawers and the teacher looked me like I had had two heads.
- royjacobs 4y agoTo be fair, having the concept of a desktop matches quite well with the concept of a folder. On the Amiga, you didn't have a desktop per se, but a Workbench. A Workbench has drawers. The analogy breaks down somewhat, since I can't pull down my real-world workbench to reveal a red and white bouncing ball. Unfortunately.
- function_seven 4y agoOh yeah the furniture theme was consistent :) But the other way that metaphor broke was when nesting drawers inside other drawers. With folders that makes sense; at least a little bit. I know that I have actually nested file folders before in real life but I’ve never installed a drawer inside my drawer. But that’s OK, my love for Amiga is unconditional.
- Someone 4y agoI disagree. You can put folders inside folders, but putting a drawer inside another drawer?
- glandium 4y agoGoogle image "drawer in a drawer" will give you some examples. You won't find deep recursive hierarchies, though.