"Folder" or "Directory"?

[Eva Brucherseifer]

On Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2003 15:53, Craig Drummond wrote:
> > First of all, KDE is not an OS. Under Un*x, it has been called directory
> > for
> > over 30 years. Why must KDE now rename it? Also, how does the notation of
> > folders with subfolders and subsubfolders fit?
>
> I know KDE is not an OS. But it is abstracting the OS from the user. One of
> these abstrations is the notion of a folder - which is what KDE *shows* to
> the user.
>
> And whats wrong with folders in folders? Again this *is* what KDE *shows*
> to the user. My point agin - if your gonna show it as a folder, at least
> call it a folder.

You have another vote for naming it all "folder" - it is way more consistent. 
And indeed KDE is an abstraction to the OS, that is what we are working on 
all the time - to present something to the user, so that he/she can use the 
computer without the need to know the OS. 

Greetings,
eva