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I couldn't get past this part: Even geeks can’t handle folders in folders Hierarchical file systems weren't invented because it was ancient times and they
by eblume 14y ago
I couldn't get past this part:
Even geeks can’t handle folders in folders
Hierarchical file systems weren't invented because it was ancient times and they were the easiest thing to produce. Hierarchical file systems were invented because they are a really, really good paradigm for storing and retrieving hierarchical data - which I strongly believe is still the case for the majority of files.
I didn't read further in to the article so perhaps I missed where this same idea was discussed, but I think a useful idea going forward would be meta-tagging of data. Something very basic like the ability to flag a file and later search or sort by those flags. Do it for specific folders, like the Documents folders. Done.
Now the 'non-geek's can deal with flat file structures and us 'geek's can do smarter things.
- stcredzero 14y ago> Hierarchical file systems weren't invented because it was ancient times and they were the easiest thing to produce. Correct. They were invented because it was just past the middle of the 20th century, and they were the best organization mechanism for the resources available. They're also very robust, versatile, and wonderful in innumerable ways, especially for the audience at the time. Unfortunately, they're not the best thing for most users today, when we have more computing power and experience with search as an organization tool.
- johncoltrane 14y agoSearch is the opposite of an organization tool. It's a tool that allow users to avoid being organized.
- stcredzero 14y agoOr, it's a tool that allows users to have organization, without needing to implement it themselves. (After all, the indexes of the search mechanism clearly have a high degree of organization.)