Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> writes: > to...@tuxteam.de (12023-11-03): >> The other is related: folder has become the culture of those >> who want to "sell you knowledge", i.e. of those whose business >> model is based on keeping you dumb. > > Ear, ear! > > Also, that metaphor is easy, but it is very shaky. In the physical > world, I have *sometimes* seen a folder inside a folder, but a folder > inside a folder inside a folder inside a folder…
If I think of the main non-digital directory I have dealt with in my life it was a telephone directory. That also did not contain further directories within itself. Surely 'directory' is also just a more or less apt metaphor, which may indeed be better if you have a technical background or, as Greg correctly pointed out, if you are dealing with the Unix command line. Regarding Tomas' assertion, I'm not sure I buy into the argument regarding dumbing-down. I am presume it does go on, but I don't really think that one is stepping on to Big Tech's slippery slope to stupidity by calling a 'directory' a 'folder' any more one would be by calling a pointing device a 'mouse' despite its rather limited resemblance to the actual rodent. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under constuction.
