As someone that works in tech support, his anecdote is painfully accurate and a valid reason that naming something just "files" can certainly up being so simple that its actually *more confusing*. :)
Some might call naming it files "simple", I think its just overly vague, and being vague leads to confusion. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:35 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I disagree. > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Brandon Watkins <bwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yeah, naming it something like "File Manager" is far clearer. Its a >> simple name that explains what it does, and its easy for a user to >> understand. > > > If what you have in mind is a program, then "Files Program" or "File > Manager" would probably help you with your individual technology-focused > point of view. > But if what you expect is more closely aligned with physical reality, then > the place to go would logically be "Files" when you want to deal with files. > > "Files" in this sense stands for a conceptual represantation of > finite-size content objects. > A particular, gradually also aging type of model we use or "used to use" > to represent once predominant objects of structured information. > > Nowadays i can see that the predominant objects we are into are documents, > videos, sounds, photos, emails, messages conversations and streams. > The "File" metaphor is a deprecated concept of data representation, in my > modest opinion. > > We even talk about Apps where people used to say "program". > So approaching this topic with the "Beginners Mind" would help greatly, i > am convinced. > > > > > >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas >> <m...@canonical.com>wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> cmaglothin wrote on 20/07/12 05:51: >>> > ... >>> > >>> > Not to detract from current conversation, but how is calling an >>> > app that deals solely with files by the name Files bad? >>> >>> "Where do I go to organize my files?" >>> "Files." >>> "Yes, my files. Where do I go to do that?" >>> "You go to Files." >>> "Yes, that's what I want to know, how I can do that." >>> "You open Files." >>> "Yeah, that's what I want to do." >>> "And I'm telling you." >>> "Well, go on then. How do I get to my files?" >>> "You launch Files." >>> "Well, not necessarily. Maybe I just want to rename them." >>> "You can do that too." >>> "So where do I do it?" >>> "You do it in Files." >>> "I mean, what's the name of the program?" >>> "No, Files is the name of the program." >>> "What's the name of the program?" >>> "Files is." >>> "Files is what?" >>> "FILES IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM." >>> "Okay, calm down, I just asked a question. Show me a little empathy." >>> "Oh, no, that's our chat program." >>> >> > Excellent anecdote, definitely valid in it's own way, from it's own point > of view. > In this sensitive cause otoh i find it more entertaining than enlightening. >
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