Paradigm Shift for Computer self-management?
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The Death of Folders?
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If Apple and Microsoft and whoever else allow for searching a file by type, keywords, some new as-yet-unnamed meta information, etc. wouldn't it stand to reason that the OS itself could then manage the placement of files to optimize performance instead of having arbitrary user folders that have no particular understanding of the underlying disk layout?
It would seem that allowing the system to optimize file placement could greatly help performance and stability by reducing or even elinimating file fragmentation.
Granted, convincing Grandma that she just needs to type in a few keywords instead of opening one of 100 files on her Desktop may take some human engineering.
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If Apple and Microsoft and whoever else allow for searching a file by type, keywords, some new as-yet-unnamed meta information, etc. wouldn't it stand to reason that the OS itself could then manage the placement of files to optimize performance instead of having arbitrary user folders that have no particular understanding of the underlying disk layout?
It would seem that allowing the system to optimize file placement could greatly help performance and stability by reducing or even elinimating file fragmentation.
Granted, convincing Grandma that she just needs to type in a few keywords instead of opening one of 100 files on her Desktop may take some human engineering.
Mike