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Re:Untitled Document Syndrome by bisceglie on Friday February 20, 2009 @02:48PM (#489130)
i see this as a flaw in modern operating systems. the LifeStream OS concept dealt with this rather nicely, providing a document-centric, time-oriented file system, but also allowing for versatile meta-data to aid in classifying objects and navigating around.
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Re:Untitled Document Syndrome by dfens on Friday February 20, 2009 @06:18PM (#489405)
Jef Raskin worked on an OS named Archy that also dealt with this problem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy#Persistence

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Re:Untitled Document Syndrome by jamii on Friday February 20, 2009 @04:10PM (#489248)
The Sugar journal does the same. Its a shame the rest of Sugar is currently unusable as a main desktop.
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