Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:08:10 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: Ports upgrade script Message-ID: <20160416170810.2432e5da717042bb18346ee1@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20160416170837.81dddb26.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <2daca22c-7719-0776-fbe8-3c37021298bf@cloudzeeland.nl> <20160416122425.b603d040.freebsd@edvax.de> <a8dfe6e8-dc62-6ecf-c7d1-d4902140f708@cloudzeeland.nl> <20160416170837.81dddb26.freebsd@edvax.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:08:37 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > Terminology sidenote: The thing is called a directory, not "folder"; > "folder" is the name of the graphical representation of a directory. :-) Introduced in order that people would not be frightened away from a new user friendly operating system by scary technical terms and instead have something familiar. This worked fine until you tried to explain to the hide bound office worker that it was called a folder because you keep files in it and they looked over to the wall of files containing folders containing documents and were puzzled. Then they found that things moved the wrong way when you scrolled them and your day just got worse. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20160416170810.2432e5da717042bb18346ee1>