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#PetPeeve: I hate that "Music" is one of the standard home folders on desktop computers. I love music, but I want it to be "Audio" -- not all audio is music (plus "audio" pairs better with "video"). When was this default established, in #MacOS X 10.0, #WinNT, earlier? (I think NextStep or BeOS might have had a "Sounds" folder.) Now, seemingly every #desktop uses this default: #Windows, #Mac, #FreeDesktop environments (#GNOME, #KDE), are there any exceptions? Like the #DesktopMetaphor itself, we're stuck with it, even though it chafes.

#GUI #UserInterface #Legacy #OldManYellsAtCloud
#UnreasonableExpectations

@amoroso @lproven Well, I can think of many ways how to improve #computers. 😉

https://karl-voit.at/2017/02/10/evolution-of-systems/
https://karl-voit.at/2018/08/25/deskop-metaphor/
https://karl-voit.at/2019/10/05/innovation/
https://karl-voit.at/2018/10/17/ted-nelson-interview/

Once you've got rid of #filenames, #folders, #applications, ... you will find much room for coming up with something fundamental new. This
time without adapting humans for the computer but the otherwise round: creating the ultimate digital tool for the humans.

This can never be reached by an evolutionary process like suggested in the article.

I disagree with the judgment that we tried hard.

There's no incentive for a revolution. No one is able to start this process. We're pretty much stuck. 🫩

This is not the top of the IT industry. We're still in its stone age and made a situation where any fundamental change is a downside somehow. A local optimum but never ever the global one, if you like.

#PIM #Desktop #DesktopMetaphor