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Why directories are 'broken'

Why directories are 'broken'

Posted Oct 26, 2010 20:23 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: Why directories are 'broken' by epa
Parent article: Shuttleworth: Unity shell will be default desktop in Ubuntu 11.04 (ars technica)

once they figure out that they can have everything go to the desktop, and have folders there, most people start using folders fairly well.

the problem is that the OS/application defaults put the files somewhere else that makes sense to the application developer, but not necessarily anyone else


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