CathedralBorrow·vor 7 Jahren·discussOf course. But "remember where you placed the file in this filesystem hierarchy" isn't the only way to accomplish that.
CathedralBorrow·vor 7 Jahren·discussWhy does the user need to know about file systems and home directories and symbolic links if all they want is to save a file and then find it later?Do you feel the same about cars? Are we dumbing things too much down by making driving as simple as pressing a pedal and moving a steering wheel?
CathedralBorrow·vor 7 Jahren·discussI still laugh whenever I can't remember the exact name of my bittorrent client and Windows has no clue what I'm looking for when I enter "torrent" or "bittorrent".It's called qbittorrent.
CathedralBorrow·vor 7 Jahren·discussIf you want to blame this on some UX/UI designer boogeyman that's fine, but you're heavily misrepresenting UX principles here.