Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Microsoft Monitor: The Tiger Roars at Longhorn

Microsoft Monitor: The Tiger Roars at Longhorn:
"The archaic file folder metaphor is long past its prime. Do people think about where to file their memories in their brains? Robust search is much closer than file folders to how most people think."

Umm... this does not make sense to me. Filing is important. You may want to search a large database of information, but why would you want to search a small section of files that you work on from time to time. I'm not sure if this is such a big deal. Would'nt you rather just navigate the directory to the file, instead of thinking of a search term, and then searching for it? Maybe not, I guess we'll have to see. I never found the utility called quicksilver of that much use to me (Apples spotlight is supposed to be similar to quicksilver, I think). Maybe that is just because I'm getting started with a Mac. Oh well.

Mozilla and hypocrisy

Right, but what about the experiences that Mozilla chooses to default for users like switching to  Yahoo and making that the default upon ...