I think we need to remember that the desktop interface as we developed it a
PARC in the 70's was based on files and folders because our storage was so
limited that finding stuff later wasn't a problem. Today I almost always find
things by searching for them, either on my computer, or on the Web
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:54:40AM +0200, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
> Please also see this article (
> http://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2011/06/08/new-pony/) which Tomeu Vizoso (one
> of the early Sugar developers) just shared on Google+, well worth a
> read!
The article offers no solution that avo
Christoph,
I've been a fan of the Journal idea from the beginning, but I think it could
be improved in a couple of small ways:
1). Don't make things that aren't in the Journal look and (try to) work
like they are in the Journal. Example: SD cards and USB drives.
2). Make it possible to link J
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Dave Bauer wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:01 AM, John Watlington wrote:
> >
> >> When OS X starts up with a search box open
> >> instead of a blank desktop we'll know we are there :)
> >
> > What a nightmare !I'm sorry, but once you move past trivial amou
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
> christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
>> christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
> christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Alexandro Colorado
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 15, 201
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Alexandro Colorado
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
>> christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I jus
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
> christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just saw this article over on O'Reilly Radar and a lot of what the
>> author says also applies to the Journal: "Wh
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Christoph Derndorfer <
christoph.derndor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just saw this article over on O'Reilly Radar and a lot of what the author
> says also applies to the Journal: "Why files need to die: Files are an
> anachronism in the digital age. It's t
