Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
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Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#2I wouldn't call "the finder" the most basic part of the OS...
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#3I wouldn't call "the finder" the most basic part of the OS...
To a developer maybe not but to the average consumer the os is the layer where their files and software are, both of which are displayed through the desktop and the "finder" windows. They don't care and almost allways don't know about the drivers or kernel.
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#4I wish you better luck than Eazel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eazel
Edit: I didn't realize they went public with such a ridiculous business plan. Dot com madness indeed ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/08/22/hertzfeld_spills_all...
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#5I wish you better luck than Eazel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eazel Edit: I didn't realize they went public with such a ridiculous business plan. Dot com madness indeed ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/08/22/hertzfeld_spills_all...
Ah yes. A "portal play".
snort
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#6OS X has become "the OS" now?
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#7What about Alfred or Quicksilver? How is this different and why do you need a round of funding to support it?
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#8I wouldn't call "the finder" the most basic part of the OS...
To a developer maybe not but to the average consumer the os is the layer where their files and software are, both of which are displayed through the desktop and the "finder" windows. They don't care and almost allways don't know about the drivers or kernel.
I'd argue that many (perhaps, most) people use the browser more often than the file browser to access content they're interested in. Orders of magnitude more, I'd think.
I don't think this app is competing against Finder as much as it is with Chrome/Firefox/Safari.
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#9This is a great idea and I can't wait for some innovation in this area. But two requests to founders is that don't make this a social ads crapware.
1. Don't do any Twitter or Facebook shares or likes or bullshit of any sort related to social. I want absolutely no garbage from Twitter or Facebook in my local hard drive.
2. Don't display any ads whatsoever. Price it and ask the user to buy the software. I think Sublime Text 2 does this really well.
Re: Collections (YC S12) is remaking the most basic part of the OS: The Finder
#10I wish them luck in their endeavor. My impression is another aggregator of proprietary web services isn't a need people have. Perhaps I am wrong. Others have tried this, albeit possibly not with the file manager angle, and it doesn't work out. I fear it is even more difficult today than it used to be as most web services do not want to be aggregated and fight against it. Nevertheless, this is a YC company and I hope they succeed.