How to stop file browsing creating new folders?
Ben Steeves
ben.steeves at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 00:11:18 UTC 2005
On 6/21/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> At 12:19 PM -0300 6/21/05, Ben Steeves wrote:
> >Thought you might find this interesting/apropos:
> >
> >http://www.murrayc.com/blog/tech/2005-05-19-09-40.html
>
> As a MacOS person, I note that this is not describing any "spacial" view,
> but rather a non-spacial hierarchical list view (often called a "tree view"
> on MSWindows). "Spacial" refers to windows and icons staying where /you/
> put them, rather than being moved at the whim of the program. Macintosh
> had the "spatial" and list ideas in the Finder over 20 years ago; Steve and
> his NeXTies tried to obliterate the spacial view in MOSX with the "browser"
> view, but it snuck back in. The hierarchical list view came in with System
> 7, as I recall.
As I understand it, this is a hybridized spatial/hierarchical view in
which the contents of that folder are remembered as being hierarchical
(the memory preserving spatiality), and any directories opened via a
double-click (rather than tree expansion) are opened spatially.
There's no hard and fast rule saying you need to use solely a
hierarchical view or solely a spatial view. Both views have their
utility.
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