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Are Folders And Files “Old School”?

Started by webomatica · 1 year ago

Steven Hodson wrote a good post about GMail not working out for him as a primary email client. One of his complaints was the use of labels and how they weren’t a satisfying replacement for folders to organize email. ... Continue reading »

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  • rodaniel

    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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Phil Nash

    1 year ago

    So you're not interested in this experiment then: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danpat/262640851/

    :D
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    aaaagh! my annoy-o-meter shot up as soon as i saw that :)
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  • Amanda

    1 year ago

    Uuugh! horrible!! :S
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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