Hi David, unfortunately I don't have time right now to enter again in this debate, but I wanted to do one comment:
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:31 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > many people have pointed out the limitations of the journal approach, and > problems with not naming activites and files. yes it's easier to get > started if you don't have to deal with confusing matters like directories, > but as more documents are created a flat namespace for them will get > overwelmed (be it a time-based journal, or a single layer home directory) > > you are optimizing for the beginner so much that once they have used the > system for a short time it will no longer be suitable for them. > > dom't make the training wheels for beginners so ridgid that the kids can't > remove them as they learn more. For the record, I personally find more efficient to use a tagging interface with good search capabilities rather than a hierarchy of folders. A sizable part of the GMail users may share this opinion. So I don't think we are optimizing for the beginner at all. Indeed, the projected journal is a very good example of an UI that can be at the same time usable from the first time and a powerful tool for users that have dug beneath its surface. Thanks, Tomeu _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
