There is a fairly easy to implement technical solution that should serve both camps participating in this discussion:
(1) implement multi-level shelf support (something I would consider a huge improvement by itself)
(2) implement an (optional!) feature to auto-create multi-level shelves based on file structure (i.e. each directory becomes a shelf, directory name = shelf name)
That way you'd have a simulated file browser while completely adhering to the general metadata/library based approach as currently implemented.
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