tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post7117642250331998248..comments2023-10-16T10:35:47.595+02:00Comments on Martin's Chronicles: Folder or Directory?Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-19331563188596152002009-04-15T11:49:00.000+02:002009-04-15T11:49:00.000+02:00Microsoft itself is very confused about this. In ....Microsoft itself is very confused about this. In .NET framework, I see more use of word "Directory". But we also have a function called Environment.GetFolderPath(...). <br /><br />Best way out is to stay stick to one of this word. This will avoid confusion for audience. <br /><br />I used Unix like system for long time so I am comfortable with use of "directory"Yogeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194279800230653446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-62652478753579932432008-08-21T02:07:00.000+02:002008-08-21T02:07:00.000+02:00A "folder" is something users see a picture of, on...A "folder" is something users see a picture of, on the screen. A "directory" is an arrangement of bits that is really, physically on the disk. <BR/><BR/>A folder usually represents a directory. Sometimes folders represent things other than directories. Sometimes there's no folder representing a directory. (Sometimes there's something else that doesn't look like a folder.) Hence, they're not interchangeable, and we can't abandon directories.<BR/><BR/>If you're talking about the users' documents, say "folder" (or whatever the hell the picture looks like). If you're talking about the computer itself, say "directory".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831355954619691739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-83163287099506721242008-07-18T13:13:00.000+02:002008-07-18T13:13:00.000+02:00Thanks a million for your comment Martin! I'm so g...Thanks a million for your comment Martin! I'm so glad that since I joined this planet amount of comments kept accumulating. :)かいお (Kaio)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03990653383063763298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-11996364006385777482008-07-09T08:48:00.000+02:002008-07-09T08:48:00.000+02:00As I started started with DOS on the PC (the compu...As I started started with DOS on the PC (the computers/OSes I used before that didn't had this concept) I got accustomed with the "directory" term.<BR/>Later when Windows tried to force the new "folder" term down on my throat I stubbornly refused to comply and still use "directory" then talking about the file system/ But it happens to me to say "folders" when talking about the sub-divisions of my inbox in Thunderbird.nicuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-72811783336867089962008-07-08T23:54:00.000+02:002008-07-08T23:54:00.000+02:00Thank you guys for your comments. I feel like I un...Thank you guys for your comments. I feel like I understand it more know... Also thanks to you, michael, I discovered that the habit of me using folder might be based on the fact that in gnome, folder is used almost everywhere, which I didn't noticed before :-)Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-59860115312289172582008-07-08T20:51:00.000+02:002008-07-08T20:51:00.000+02:00Folder is just one step closer to the methaphor. J...Folder is just one step closer to the methaphor. Just take a look at the icons for the "folders".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-79728393140235578692008-07-08T17:36:00.000+02:002008-07-08T17:36:00.000+02:00In US English, "Folder" was originally largely use...In US English, "Folder" was originally largely used by Windows, and has since been adopted elsewhere (like OS X) as what "users" think of when storing data in pointy clicky programs.<BR/><BR/>"Directory" is more generic, and is generally what we use in Linux. Unfortunately Nautilus is starting to say "Folder" too.<BR/><BR/>It sounds silly to say "Folder" when talking about command line apps and daemons, so in general, "directory" gets more use. "Directory" is more appropriate when talking about non-GUI applications and can also be used to talk about GUI applications, though users may not understand the word, anymore, unfortunately.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104956637215569339noreply@blogger.com