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>And folders are a very simple concept. If you can't handle them on a system that uses them, that's bad. Simple to us. I've seen accountants, aka people who de

>And folders are a very simple concept. If you can't handle them on a system that uses them, that's bad. Simple to us. I've seen accountants, aka people who deal with files and folders as a matter of their god damn line of work, fail to understand or care for files and folders in computers. They still put everything on the desktop. Fact of the matter is people do not care for files-and-folders. It's high time we admit most people do not want it, do not care for it, and just want to store everything in one place with an easy one-stop way to find what they want. Most people don't care about file systems, and both iOS and Android are right for abstracting away something nobody cares about.

Dylan16807 4y ago
Putting things on the desktop or not caring for folders is different from not understanding the concept. > just want to store everything in one place with an easy one-stop way to find what they want That's a pipe dream. If you want good search results, then you need to put in organizational effort. Whether or not you're using folders.
- Dalewyn 4y ago
  >Putting things on the desktop or not caring for folders is different from not understanding the concept. Yes, but whether they understand or not they still clearly don't care. >That's a pipe dream. If you want good search results, then you need to put in organizational effort. The thing is people will not put in effort, whether out of neglect or ignorance. "It's in the 'puter." is as far as most people will care, and operating environments that respect this attitude end up having the widest mainstream appeal and adoption. It's like manual and automatic transmission in cars. Most people drive their cars to get from A to B, they couldn't give a flying banana how it works. The enthusiasts arguing over stick shift are martians, the people just want a bloody car to get them where they want to be and car manufacturers will and should oblige the people.
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    Automatic transmissions actually do a good and thorough job. File search, if the user hasn't done any sorting at all, will fail a lot. That's why it's a pipe dream. People can always refuse to sort but they won't get the experience they want.

Dylan16807 4y ago

Putting things on the desktop or not caring for folders is different from not understanding the concept. > just want to store everything in one place with an easy one-stop way to find what they want That's a pipe dream. If you want good search results, then you need to put in organizational effort. Whether or not you're using folders.

Dalewyn 4y ago
>Putting things on the desktop or not caring for folders is different from not understanding the concept. Yes, but whether they understand or not they still clearly don't care. >That's a pipe dream. If you want good search results, then you need to put in organizational effort. The thing is people will not put in effort, whether out of neglect or ignorance. "It's in the 'puter." is as far as most people will care, and operating environments that respect this attitude end up having the widest mainstream appeal and adoption. It's like manual and automatic transmission in cars. Most people drive their cars to get from A to B, they couldn't give a flying banana how it works. The enthusiasts arguing over stick shift are martians, the people just want a bloody car to get them where they want to be and car manufacturers will and should oblige the people.
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  Automatic transmissions actually do a good and thorough job. File search, if the user hasn't done any sorting at all, will fail a lot. That's why it's a pipe dream. People can always refuse to sort but they won't get the experience they want.