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OS X has become "the OS" now?
I don't believe that the growing scheme of ignoring the file system, especially on mobile devices, and in some cases even forcing you to use cloud storage (to share data between apps, for instance) is an effective solution in the short-term.
OS X has become "the OS" now?
Is Finder meaningfully different from the Windows Explorer, the BeOS Tracker, GNOME's Nautilus or KDE's Dolphin, or is it actually clear from context that every desktop OS has something like this that does the same work?
If file manager, then they may have a Windows version too. If not, this becomes a Mac-focused article.
Terminology matters.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is Finder meaningfully different from the Windows Explorer, the BeOS Tracker, GNOME's Nautilus or KDE's Dolphin, or is it actually clear from context that every desktop OS has something like this that does the same work?
The real question is are they replacing Finder, or the file manager? If file manager, then they may have a Windows version too. If not, this becomes a Mac-focused article. Terminology matters.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.