Thanks everyone for clarifying those few things. I think I will poke around EtoileUI next and get a better feel for its design.
Cheers Christopher Armstrong carmstr...@fastmail.com.au ----- Original message ----- > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:01 PM, David Chisnall <thera...@sucs.org> wrote: > > On 17 Feb 2010, at 17:57, Nicolas Roard wrote: > > > > > - get rid of files > > > > > > To clarify: get rid of files as a UI paradigm. Files are fine as a concept > > for userspace code talkign to the operating system. They just shouldn't be > > visible to the user. > > yup, exactly. We do need and will use files for various technical > reasons, but there's no reasons to annoy the users with this. In > practical term for a user it shouldn't matter that those nice > documents icons that he/she can send to a friend are actual files or > in fact stored in CO... it should be an implementation detail. > > -- > Nicolas Roard > "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound > they make as they fly by." -- Douglas Adams > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-dev mailing list > Etoile-dev@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev _______________________________________________ Etoile-dev mailing list Etoile-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev
