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Thank you Kovid for not using the term folder
Thank you Kovid for using the proper term directory with Calibre instead of the incorrect term folder.
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Folder is the official term use by some OS that happen to use a FOLDER ICON. All instructions are to click on the FOLDER. To use other terms just confuses new users. Directories exist in the CLI FOLDERS exist in the GUI Even the few Linux distros I use use FOLDERS in the GUI So I will state for the world: Jon is mistaken in his belief that the term FOLDERS are incorrect (and Billy G has so much more $$$ than you because of providing FOLDERS to those that do not want to deal with a CLI ) |
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09-05-2014, 05:50 PM | #3 |
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Even if he was "correct," why on earth would this warrant its own thread?
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What a lovely place this would become if everyone started posting their own "thank you for using the same words I prefer to use" threads.
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First usage I recall seeing beyond that was on Apple Lisa. Don't blame/credit Billie G with something he didn't do, you might want to blame Stevie's 'wunderkinder' Jobs & Woz for popularizing it, but credit goes to Xerox. Lisa was released in 1985 - Alto/Star were released in the '70s. I think 'folder' might have entered the Seattle lexicon with Win 95. Bill Gates sneered at Apple's use of the term 'folder', 'baby words' might have been his expression, that was at a corporate lunch in the late '80's. Attached is a screen shot from Xerox Star, circa Nov 1978 re Jon's post Some Facts on the Ground BR |
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This is why we love Jon sooooo much...
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Sometimes when I read certain posts (*cough*), the words that come to mind are not ones the Mod's would thank me for...
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I loathe the utterance 'app'. Whenever its spoken, it's invariably overemphasised, as in being spat out. So much so that I feel compelled to duck the spray, even when its spoken on the media BR |
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