[desktop-discuss] [indiana-discuss] Indiana desktop UI spec - early draft

[Frank Ludolph]

James Cornell wrote:
> Rich Teer wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Shawn Walker wrote:
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>>     
>>> I like being able to reach up to the Places menu and instantly access
>>> folders I frequently use, or quickly get to the systems options while
>>> I'm in an application.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Can we *please* stop referring to directories as folders?
>>  
>>     
"Directory" was indeed the original term, but it is a metaphorical term 
that doesn't work in the context of the desktop metaphor. While the 
implementation of file systems is more like a directory - a list that 
refers to other object (files) - it operates more like a folder - 
destroy the directory and the files are  lost, a file can be in only one 
directory, etc. (Links were created to overcome this limitation.) I find 
I use both terms depending on the context and who I'm talking too, 
directory when referring to file systems with techies, and folder otherwise.