plus a filesystem path is a much more human-friendly identifier than a UUID but this is the URL thing again
anyway the idea that Zoomers will replace the tree directory structure is kind of hilar; i don't think the author realizes that people have been trying to replace the tree directory structure for a half-century and the reason they haven't done it yet is that it's really fucking hard
if a tree structure is important for your data you can easily handle the problem by wrapping the data in a container and only showing the container to the user. probably a better solution anyway because it means that the computer can enforce good structure at the container boundary. who cares
however, there is one other domain where the concept of a “path” is relevant, other than the filesystem… and it’s kind of important…
today’s issue is “if the scrollbar is on the left instead of the right (because of a right‐to‐left directionality) and the background of the element changes, safari won’t repaint the part of the element underneath where the scrollbar would have been on the right‐hand side”
a lot of safari’s painting operations assume a left‐to‐right top‐to‐bottom writing mode and simply fail to paint the correct part of the viewport if it isn’t that
this is a subtoot of
people {
who: write;
their: css;
like: this!important;
it: takes;
up: so;
much: space;
and: distracts;
from: the(content);
which: "i came";
to: see;
}
Administrator / Public Relations for GlitchCat. Not actually glitchy, nor a cat. I wrote the rules for this instance.
“Constitutionally incapable of not going hard” — @aescling
“Fedi Cassandra” – @Satsuma
I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THINGS. YOU CAN JUST @ ME.
I work for a library but I post about Zelda fanfiction.