DISQUS

Webomatica: Are Folders And Files “Old School”?

  • Rob O'Daniel · 1 year ago
    Digital files & folder may seem antiquated, but they work. They're comfortable. The reason being is that they're analogous to the physical world we live in. I use Gmail often, but I also do quite often wish it would allow me to organize my mail into folders. Tags are very useful - as an addition to, not a replacement for folders.
  • webomatica · 1 year ago
    Yeah obviously I agree. It does help to have that real world equivalent so that computer concepts make sense to us. I also think it's been around for so very long - even when we had command prompts there were files and folders. Maybe this is a case of if it ain't broke don't fix it.
  • Amanda · 1 year ago
    I agree with you both. Imagine yourself trying to organize your papers and docs only by putting a "mark" on them! What a mess! :S

    in addition to, there's something intresting here http://www.wrequest.com/topic/gmail - a place where people request for changes in gmail.
  • Phil Nash · 1 year ago
    So you're not interested in this experiment then: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danpat/262640851/

    :D
  • webomatica · 1 year ago
    aaaagh! my annoy-o-meter shot up as soon as i saw that :)
  • Amanda · 1 year ago
    Uuugh! horrible!! :S
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    Seeing as how too many files on your desktop slow things down (the desktop hogs memory like nothing else), I can't imagine what kind of a slowdown that person had to deal with.
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    I'd like to have tags in addition to folders, yes - but I'm with you on a folder replacement. If anything's going to replace the current system we've got now, it's got to be voice-activated and correct much more often than it's incorrect.