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so if your user needs to know anything more than what it's in front of them; you have made bad software??? this can't be right; but I can sense my own ideologic

so if your user needs to know anything more than what it's in front of them; you have made bad software??? this can't be right; but I can sense my own ideological worries seeping in. this is about a distinction between entries in a database (files) and the database itself (the filesystem is a DB). but what's wrong with expecting people to know a little? would you argue that if the user sees the whole URL in the browser that the abstractions are leaking?

jayd16 3y ago
This way off topic but it's an interesting question. I guess I do think the url bar is leaky. Hyperlinks are the desired abstraction, no?
fooker 3y ago
>but what's wrong with expecting people to know a little? The issue here is that you're training users to rely on internal details. Once users have to rely on internal details, you are stuck with maintaining these forever or face a constant stream of backlash.