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Re:File manager ideas by kabdib on Sunday September 02, 2012 @09:17AM (#4466939)
Hmmm. The Explorer in Windows 7 does this, somewhat better than proposed here (in my opinion) since it eliminates slashes.

There are additional operational semantics that are important, such how you bail out of a bad edit, what happens if you type in something non-existent, and so forth.

I hadn't realized how involved this UI is. People take a lot for granted.

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Re:File manager ideas by nakkiel on Sunday September 02, 2012 @11:12AM (#4467168)
> People take a lot for granted

I would say the average user doesn't understand correctly a good 70% of what's on his screen. Programmers sure do take a lot for granted.

Edit: missing "user".

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Re:File manager ideas by greatquux on Sunday September 02, 2012 @01:52PM (#4467616)
I wonder if MS was able to patent that functionality in the Explorer in W7. Of course it shouldn't be patentable, but with today's system, I doubt they'll have trouble doing it.
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