I wrote: > It comes from the Xerox "desktop metaphor". The idea was to hide scary > technical jargon behind familiar office jargon.
Loris Bennett wrote: > Personally I don't see "directory" as being more scary or technical > than "folder". They are both words from the pre-computer age which > have been repurposed, just as the term "computer" now no longer refers > to a human who performs computations. This was in the 1970s when the graphical UI was being invented. The idea was that the screen was to look like an actual desktop which might have actual file folders on it. Every icon was supposed to be an image of a familiar office object. In that context a directory is a phone book. -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA
