From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 10 18:20:31 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6124237B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:20:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from geekpunk.net (adsl-154-160-185.bna.bellsouth.net [68.154.160.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 752E343F18 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:20:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: from localhost.my.domain (taran [127.0.0.1]) by geekpunk.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0B2KLno028236; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:20:21 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: (from bandix@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0B2KJPJ028235; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:20:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:20:19 -0600 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Wes Peters Cc: Kieren MacMillan , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: anyone working on a new file system metaphor? Message-ID: <20030111022019.GR26003@geekpunk.net> References: <0747734E-24B5-11D7-9116-00306572DA52@coresolutions.ca> <20030111100348.77472c3f.wes@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030111100348.77472c3f.wes@softweyr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:03:48AM -0800, Wes Peters wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:03:15 -0500 > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > > > Hello, all you BSD hackers! > > > > A major change to the "file-folder-desktop" metaphor is long > > overdue, and it seems to me that FreeBSD -- with Mac OS X as a large > > and growing "child" -- is the perfect place to start the > > revolution... ;-) > > Do you envision this as an actual new filesystem, or strictly as a > user interface 'view' onto the filesystem? A filesystem with > extensible attributes might be a good companion to such a system, > where you can tag a file with one or more attributes, then sort and > view the files by attribute. This is, essentially, BFS from BeOS. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24648.html If the technology makes a significant reemergence I would expect it come in the reverse direction -- from Apple, since they now employ Dominic Giampaulo. Brandon D. Valentine -- brandon@dvalentine.com http://www.geekpunk.net "Everyone's been sold American. Don't let me catch you laughing when the jukebox cries...Everything's been sold American. No place to go and brother, no place to stay." -- Kinky Friedman, "Sold American" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message