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Old 09-06-2013, 11:52 AM   #140
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During those pre-computer days what did people use? Oh yeah, wait for it...filing cabinets with folders to organize them. Straight forward concept. I'd hate to see the tops of the physical desks that these 'everything-on-the-desktop types' use at work.
And those folders were much simpler (not nested for a start) and despite what seems like the "obvious" nature of the metaphor a lot of people who could file a piece of paper correctly just could "get it" when applied to pixels on a screen. Again, I'm not speculating here, I was there, I saw it.
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