On 10/28/2010 9:04 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> Oh c'mon, Moose. That's a bit like saying, "Why should anyone have to have
> any concept of addition or subtraction, if The Universe were truly intuitive
> and user friendly?"
Sorry, I disagree.
Take a bog standard Windoze machine out of the box. Open Word, type stuff, save
it. Close Word (one click). Open a
browser, wander about the internet. Open Excel, make a spreadsheet, save and
close. Open word again. Click File, and
there is the doc you made a bit ago, ready to be single clicked to open it.
Click on it and it opens. Same thing in
Excel. Shut down for the night.
Next morning, open your browser; the same tabs you had when you left load up
automatically. Open Word, open Excel, the
files last used are right there in the File drop down menu.
My point? There is simply no need for the user doing ordinary things to
understand the file system. Each app has a
default location for its files, at least until that directory starts getting
too full to keep track of. Then:
> If you want to balance your chequebook, you need to have a smidgeon of maths.
> And if you expect to make all but the simplest use of a computer, you need to
> at least understand the "folders and files" concept of a hierarchy.
Not until the default folder gets unwieldy. Then a friend, a trip into the
Windoze help or on the internet reveals the
beauty of sub-folders.
Moose
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