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The Death of Folders?

Posted by Zonk on from the croak dept.

saintlupus writes "There's an interesting article on Wired about the interface changes in Tiger being a precursor to the demise of the classic folder-browsing Finder." From the article: "Users type search queries more or less as they did pre-Tiger, but 'the quality, scope and presentation of the results are significantly better, so users get good benefits without having to change their behavior.'"

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  1. My File Search by LegendOfLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting for the time when I can "see" the computer code, via a green monitor that displays a shower of code. Then, I will have a plug that connects to my spinal column and allows me to "enter" the computer and manipulate the code using my brainwaves.

    It'd be very efficient, I could then just think of finding a file, and there it would be. Or better yet, I could imagine a beowul...NO CARRIER

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  2. Re:Misread by hunterx11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We've replaced his traditional hierarchical filesystem with Folgers Crystals. Let's see if he notices.

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