> Everything that is outdated in computer desktop usability is captured by that dialog box.
No, that's just bad UX design not a problem with the desktop metaphor
> I have 37 windows open, with some 75+ tabs
> I have a Desktop scattered with (currently) 132 icons
> I have a Downloads folder with (currently) several hundred files, most of which I could safely delete, but who has the time to decide?
> Meanwhile, there’s all sorts of stuff that I can’t find
> Newer mobile OSs (e.g. iOS) get this right — having 500 tabs open in mobile Safari, which I always do
This person has the equivalent of an incredibly messy desk piled high with paperwork, but then complains about the desktop. It's not the desktop, it's the lack of any organization
> Maybe Windows is awesome now, I don’t know, my last real exposure was with XP when I worked at Microsoft.
There are awesome tools on Windows, like voidtools Everything to find files by name in a fraction of a second by using the NTFS journal, grepWin for searching inside documents and Link Shell Extension by Hermann Schinagl for managing symbolic links.
It's not that hard to get organized. The author should try it.
No, that's just bad UX design not a problem with the desktop metaphor
> I have 37 windows open, with some 75+ tabs
> I have a Desktop scattered with (currently) 132 icons
> I have a Downloads folder with (currently) several hundred files, most of which I could safely delete, but who has the time to decide?
> Meanwhile, there’s all sorts of stuff that I can’t find
> Newer mobile OSs (e.g. iOS) get this right — having 500 tabs open in mobile Safari, which I always do
This person has the equivalent of an incredibly messy desk piled high with paperwork, but then complains about the desktop. It's not the desktop, it's the lack of any organization
> Maybe Windows is awesome now, I don’t know, my last real exposure was with XP when I worked at Microsoft.
There are awesome tools on Windows, like voidtools Everything to find files by name in a fraction of a second by using the NTFS journal, grepWin for searching inside documents and Link Shell Extension by Hermann Schinagl for managing symbolic links.
It's not that hard to get organized. The author should try it.