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It burns me from the inside, each time I must jump into my Download/ folder and I realize how much chaos lies in this tiny but infinitely deep folder ...
Please tidy our Download folders, I need it, you need it, we all need it :)
Just sort your downloads by type or whatever suits your needs and remove the unnecessary files that you no longer need... How difficult can that be?
I certainly don't think a big startup could come out of this, but there's definitely an issue with our Download folders.
One of the issue with the Download folder is that most of us use it as a temporary folder, by that I meen, we download a file, open it once and then leave it to rot their for eternity.
The app could simply do things like detecting duplicates (a lot of non tech savy people download the same file multiple times) (just fingerprinting each file and then removing all versions except one), removing files which haven't be accessed for a certain amount of time (unused files), and also moving files to different folders depending on their type or source ...
I think it's just a very simple issue but something that is universally painful for every computer user tech savy or not.
In OS X, I use Hazel to do just this. http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php
But I do think that there is a room for improvement. For example : instead of making you setup custom rules, it could have an "automagic" mode where it analyzes the behavior of it's current users and learns which rules suit which kind of people.
I imagine it would ask you a few questions upon install (age, etc ...) to get a grasp of which kind of user you are. And then thanks to the data from it's users it could apply some machine learning to work which rules would suit you best.
But Hazel is still a lot better than the defacto solution (which is just leaving your Download folder in a mess).
Just sort your downloads by type or whatever suits your needs and remove the unnecessary files that you no longer need... How difficult can that be?
Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I know that's a possibility, but that itself is actually an issue (you have to do it manually). I certainly don't think a big startup could come out of this, but there's definitely an issue with our Download folders. One of the issue with the Download folder is that most of us use it as a temporary folder, by that I meen, we download a file, open it once and then leave it to rot their for…
I periodically reorganize my files, mainly my desktop and downloads folder. This helps me take this habit to the real world and keep my life organized as well.
I'd welcome an app that automates the process just for the sake of choice but I think I'll keep doing this particular task manually.
How much would you pay for this?
I personally would pay 10$ for an app which would do the job for me in a smart and evolved manner.
I'm not sure I'm really the target user, since I really use my computer as a dumb terminal to access web/cloud services, but I know a lot of friends and family who struggle managing their downloads effectively.
They forget that they can actually access what they've already downloaded, so instead they co and download again (and waist 15mn searching for the link online).
So I do believe that such a tool would improve the entire computer user experience for elderly and non savy users.
(To gain mass adoption I think such a solution should be bundled with the OS)
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Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I know that's a possibility, but that itself is actually an issue (you have to do it manually). I certainly don't think a big startup could come out of this, but there's definitely an issue with our Download folders. One of the issue with the Download folder is that most of us use it as a temporary folder, by that I meen, we download a file, open it once and then leave it to rot their for…
This can be a little annoying in the scenario you described, but I personally think organizing files is an easy task and relying on an application to do just that makes this a bigger issue than it really is. I periodically reorganize my files, mainly my desktop and downloads folder. This helps me take this habit to the real world and keep my life organized as well. I'd welcome an app that automates the process just f…
In OS X, I use Hazel to do just this. http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php
Thanks for the link. Hazel definitely seems cool. But I do think that there is a room for improvement. For example : instead of making you setup custom rules, it could have an "automagic" mode where it analyzes the behavior of it's current users and learns which rules suit which kind of people. I imagine it would ask you a few questions upon install (age, etc ...) to get a grasp of which kind of user you are. And the…