Comments on: The Desktop & File/Folder Metaphors – Broken http://www.usabilityblog.com/2008/03/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/ Blogging about usability, user experience and design Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sandyxxx http://www.usabilityblog.com/2008/03/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-9209 sandyxxx Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:47:55 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2008/03/09/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/#comment-9209 and secondly,the frequency you update is too high .we are so excited of that .maybe cause that we forget to comments..:)..<br><br><a href="http://www.dealshunt.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow">Hot deals</a>-- and secondly,the frequency you update is too high .we are so excited of that .maybe cause that we forget to comments..:)..

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]]> By: Reinier Meenhorst http://www.usabilityblog.com/2008/03/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Reinier Meenhorst Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:45:26 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2008/03/09/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/#comment-175 @Paul @Patrick Interesting stuff. It makes me wonder what Apple has up its sleeve with future versions of Spotlight, as we become more search driven workers... @Paul @Patrick Interesting stuff. It makes me wonder what Apple has up its sleeve with future versions of Spotlight, as we become more search driven workers…

]]> By: Dubroy.com/blog - Spring Fever: Links for March 14, 2008 http://www.usabilityblog.com/2008/03/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Dubroy.com/blog - Spring Fever: Links for March 14, 2008 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:08:02 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2008/03/09/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/#comment-174 [...] Thank god for Spotlight: A Mac user decides to experiment with saving EVERYTHING to the desktop and relying on Spotlight to find things again. Looks like the computer equivalent of compulsive hording. Hat tip: Paul J. Sherman/Usability Blog [...] [...] Thank god for Spotlight: A Mac user decides to experiment with saving EVERYTHING to the desktop and relying on Spotlight to find things again. Looks like the computer equivalent of compulsive hording. Hat tip: Paul J. Sherman/Usability Blog [...]

]]> By: Paul Sherman http://www.usabilityblog.com/2008/03/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Paul Sherman Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:40:32 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2008/03/09/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/#comment-173 Cool, thanks for the link Patrick! I'll check out the article today. Cool, thanks for the link Patrick! I’ll check out the article today.

]]> By: Patrick D http://www.usabilityblog.com/2008/03/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Patrick D Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:53:33 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2008/03/09/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/#comment-172 Oops, here's the link: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/doing-todays-job Oops, here’s the link: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/doing-todays-job

]]> By: Patrick D http://www.usabilityblog.com/2008/03/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Patrick D Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:52:59 +0000 http://www.usabilityblog.com/index.php/2008/03/09/the-desktop-filefolder-metaphors-broken/#comment-171 Heh, great photo. Just looking at it makes me feel anxious though. It reminds me of some of the photos I've seen of compulsive hoarding: http://tinyurl.com/36k8d5 Looking forward to seeing the article on UXMatters! You should take a look at the article I wrote for Boxes + Arrows last year, called "Doing Today's Job with Yesterday's Tools": . It talks about the usability problems with the old file/folder metaphor, and makes some suggestions about how things could be improved. Heh, great photo. Just looking at it makes me feel anxious though. It reminds me of some of the photos I’ve seen of compulsive hoarding: http://tinyurl.com/36k8d5

Looking forward to seeing the article on UXMatters! You should take a look at the article I wrote for Boxes + Arrows last year, called “Doing Today’s Job with Yesterday’s Tools”: . It talks about the usability problems with the old file/folder metaphor, and makes some suggestions about how things could be improved.

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