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I agree with the point that dynamic (i.e. search based) access to documents is becoming more important than using a file system tree, but what does this have to do with the desktop metaphor? In other words, since when does the filesystem sit on the desktop? --[[User:Hullbr3ach|Hullbr3ach]] 18:42, 6 August 2005 (UTC) |
I agree with the point that dynamic (i.e. search based) access to documents is becoming more important than using a file system tree, but what does this have to do with the desktop metaphor? In other words, since when does the filesystem sit on the desktop? --[[User:Hullbr3ach|Hullbr3ach]] 18:42, 6 August 2005 (UTC) |
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<i>The addition of ‘smart folders’ and the like leads to a method of locating files that is based on search criteria important to the user, rather than its physical arrangement on disk, which, according to recent thought, is of no importance to the user.</i> |
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Normal folders also have nothing to do with the physical arrengement of the files on the disk. A folder is only a entry in the [[file system]]. --[[User:Qaywsxedc|Qaywsxedc]] ([[User talk:Qaywsxedc|talk]]) 17:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 17:01, 22 November 2007
I agree with the point that dynamic (i.e. search based) access to documents is becoming more important than using a file system tree, but what does this have to do with the desktop metaphor? In other words, since when does the filesystem sit on the desktop? --Hullbr3ach 18:42, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
I found this text in the article:
The addition of ‘smart folders’ and the like leads to a method of locating files that is based on search criteria important to the user, rather than its physical arrangement on disk, which, according to recent thought, is of no importance to the user.
Normal folders also have nothing to do with the physical arrengement of the files on the disk. A folder is only a entry in the file system. --Qaywsxedc (talk) 17:01, 22 November 2007 (UTC)