On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 12:57:39PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> tomas writes:
> > See my other reply. My whole point is about making lives of curious
> > users easier by sticking to the terminology they'll find should they
> > dare (yes,please!) to open that door to the cellar.
>
> The people at
tomas writes:
> See my other reply. My whole point is about making lives of curious
> users easier by sticking to the terminology they'll find should they
> dare (yes,please!) to open that door to the cellar.
The people at Xerox PARC and SRI who came up with the desktop metaphor
in the early
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 11:33:55AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Regarding Tomas' assertion, I'm not sure I buy into the argument
> > regarding dumbing-down [...]
> I guess in a sense what's going on here is that these words act as kinds
> of "dog whistle". I don't think the argument that
> Regarding Tomas' assertion, I'm not sure I buy into the argument
> regarding dumbing-down. I am presume it does go on, but I don't really
> think that one is stepping on to Big Tech's slippery slope to stupidity
> by calling a 'directory' a 'folder' any more one would be by calling a
> pointing
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