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Re:Sci-Fi Interfaces: Hackers (1995) by eternityforest on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:23AM (#38640179)
I don't remember her ever saying she actually has experience with the browser, just that she knows it. She could have just used UNIX in general and only read a lot about the file browser, or perhaps briefly tried then incredibly slow version.

It's not even too much of a stretch to imagine she has never seen the file browser, but is able to figure it out on like one can with modern GUI apps.

Re:Sci-Fi Interfaces: Hackers (1995) by eesmith on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:42AM (#38643355)
"I know how to use it" is a bit stronger than "I know it."

fsv (the 3d file browser) was not shipped with IRIX, the 2d file browser was.

It's a pretty big stretch.