Mar 15, 2009
When you open a folder in real life, you don’t “go into” it and it doesn’t immediately show what’s inside (at least in my messy bank folder). You can “browse” in it by dragging stuff out or putting new things inside that are around.
The problem I’m having with Operating Systems is that when you “open” a folder, you go into it. It means that if you want to put something that was in another folder, you got to press the “Back” or “Next” button (with a “meeeeh” thought) to finally drag what you wanted into the folder.
I think you shouldn’t go into folders to see what’s inside. You should click on it and it should reveal your stuff on different stacks. For example, if you have movies or pictures inside the same folder, you click on it and you have 2 stacks next to it. One for “Movies” and one for “Pictures”. You click on a stack and you can see every files on a grid or in a list. If you want to drag something from another folder, no problem (since you didn’t go into the folder previously), you just click on it and you drag what you were looking for on the other folder. If it’s a music file, it’ll create a “Music” stack for you.
I had some mockup ideas and I’ll try to put them here as fast as I can so you can see what I mean with these examples. It may not be very clear without examples (actually it’s still a bit blurry in my mind haha) but I’ll try to make it clear asap. :)
Opening or going into a Folder?
When you open a folder in real life, you don’t “go into” it and it doesn’t immediately show what’s inside (at least in my messy bank folder). You can “browse” in it by dragging stuff out or putting new things inside that are around.
The problem I’m having with Operating Systems is that when you “open” a folder, you go into it. It means that if you want to put something that was in another folder, you got to press the “Back” or “Next” button (with a “meeeeh” thought) to finally drag what you wanted into the folder.
I think you shouldn’t go into folders to see what’s inside. You should click on it and it should reveal your stuff on different stacks. For example, if you have movies or pictures inside the same folder, you click on it and you have 2 stacks next to it. One for “Movies” and one for “Pictures”. You click on a stack and you can see every files on a grid or in a list. If you want to drag something from another folder, no problem (since you didn’t go into the folder previously), you just click on it and you drag what you were looking for on the other folder. If it’s a music file, it’ll create a “Music” stack for you.
I had some mockup ideas and I’ll try to put them here as fast as I can so you can see what I mean with these examples. It may not be very clear without examples (actually it’s still a bit blurry in my mind haha) but I’ll try to make it clear asap. :)
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