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Re: "fileless" paradigm (was: File menu)

 

Isn't that essentially a folder though? A gathering of potentially related
files (provided it was organized correctly)

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM, cmaglothin <cmaglothin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To combat your argument that you need folders to keep organized, why not
> just supliment the idea of sorting by type with the adding of "projects."
> Not only could you search by filetype but you could link together files that
> are related in topic and have the "projects" searchable or tagged by their
> keyword.
>
> On Nov 13, 2010 2:55 PM, "David Stevenson" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 13/11/10 19:00, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 23:39, Appi <appi2012@g...
>
> ----snip----
>
> > this is just an example...
> > please name the issues you see, i don't see any! It's just only
> > imp...
>
> Well looking on my system I have a directory for a charity I am a
> director of, docs, photos & spreadsheets. A directory of a software
> project I worked on, docs, source & executables. One for the
> waterskiing, mostly videos, but some docs and saved web pages.
> I could go on but it would show how chaotic my filing is. So I am open
> to a better way to organise my life, but I do have my doubts that
> linking docs together because they are docs will help.
> David
>
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