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> As a ultra-simple example: with a case-sensitive file system I can have two directories, "documents" and "Documents". Which one are my documents in? Half in o
by beedogs 12y ago
> As a ultra-simple example: with a case-sensitive file system I can have two directories, "documents" and "Documents". Which one are my documents in? Half in one, half in the other, probably.
That only really happens if you're an idiot who just haphazardly throws documents into any directory that looks like it can still hold files. And it's not an indictment of case sensitivity; you can achieve the same sort of stupidity in plenty of other ways if you're determined to do so.
- tedunangst 12y agoIdiot here. I like to save downloaded files in a directory called "downloads". Firefox has decided it would prefer to save them in a directory called "Downloads". I can tell Firefox to save them in the downloads directory, but sooner or later, it inevitably decides it's tired of that and goes back to saving them in Downloads.
- restalis 12y agoThat's just a problem with the application (and it just happens for that problem to be hidden by a case-insensitive file-system). For a solution, if you can't bend your application to your will, bend yourself to it and rename your "downloads" to whatever Firefox likes.
- Crito 12y agoI download my files into a directory called 'shit'. Maybe I need a filesystem that conflates 'shit' with 'Documents'.
- kennywinker 12y agoSomeone else has already commented to defend the idea that techy-people can get caught up by this, but I'd like to also point out that a massive portion of the market for computing devices is made up by people who are, by some measures, idiots. Just like how a large portion of the market for automobiles is made up of "idiots" with respect to engine rebuilding.
- Zardoz84 12y agoResolve idiots problems on UI, not on file system.