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bisceglie on Feb 20, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Untitled Document Syndrome

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.

dfens on Feb 20, 2009 | [–]

Jef Raskin worked on an OS named Archy that also dealt with this problem:

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

jamii on Feb 20, 2009 | [–]

The Sugar journal does the same. Its a shame the rest of Sugar is currently unusable as a main desktop.

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