On 6/21/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. -- Ben Steeves _ bcs@xxxxxxxxxx The ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) ben.steeves@xxxxxxxxx against HTML e-mail X GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9 http://www.metacon.ca/bcs / \ Yahoo Messenger: ben_steeves
