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Thanks for the link. Hazel definitely seems cool. But I do think that there is a room for improvement. For example : instead of making you setup custom rules,

by AaronO 14y ago

Thanks for the link. Hazel definitely seems cool. But I do think that there is a room for improvement. For example : instead of making you setup custom rules, it could have an "automagic" mode where it analyzes the behavior of it's current users and learns which rules suit which kind of people. I imagine it would ask you a few questions upon install (age, etc ...) to get a grasp of which kind of user you are. And then thanks to the data from it's users it could apply some machine learning to work which rules would suit you best. But Hazel is still a lot better than the defacto solution (which is just leaving your Download folder in a mess).

klinquist 14y ago
Learning would be great, but really, we are pretty static creatures. I spent 10 minutes setting up rules.... I don't know, 4 years ago? I've imported those new rules into every new machine I've had since.
- AaronO 14y ago
  Yep I agree, it's definitely not the most interesting/useful problem to solve (I hope everyone got that my post was mostly ironic). But I do find it interesting that we've "over engineered" many things on other futile topics, and yet our download folders are still stuck in the messe 1990's (but even then, users where pushed to tidy their Downloads for space reasons). Anyway, I suggest we let this topic rest. I've still got some work to do on the new version of my startup's product (and in case you ask, no it isn't anything related to the above)
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