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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... I don't dispute that that's what they are. I just fundamentally regret that it's what they've become. I'm really nostalgic for the old days of the Internet, when there was a client (and protocol) for everything, and everything stayed in its client (and protocol).
I remember voraciously reading all the Internet-related RFCs in the mid to late 90s: HTTP/S, FTP/S, SMTP/S, POP3, IMAP, IRC, GOPHER... And dreaming of one day writing a client for each of them.
But now everything just basically runs over HTTP (the hyperTEXT transfer protocol), and I don't believe that the world is ultimately better for that. Hell, I even fantasise about a time when there were no images embedded in web pages, because, guess what, images are *binary* files, and you know what protocol was intended for transferring *binary* files? Yip, you guessed it, the FILE Transfer Protocol. ;-P
OK, certain concessions must be made, and sometimes, images enhance our web-surfing experience. Within reason. I still don't like websites which are overly graphical. But I'm not sure we should even be downloading exes and zips from URLs starting with http://. I think those should start with ftp://, and when you click them, they should force you to open FileZilla.
Oh, and in response to your earlier comment about the Documents directory being for what you want to keep: The Documents directory is for *documents*. As in, PDFs, word processor files, spreadsheets, presentations, text files, and the like. The Downloads folder is for exes and zips and things.
In both cases, for stuff you want to keep. I know most people don't keep setup exes anymore, but honestly, if I need to reinstall something, or I've just finished setting up a new PC and need to install Visual Studio, I'm going to first go search my Downloads directory for the setup exe, and double-click it. It will then internally make sure it downloads the latest version. That's way quicker for me than firing up my web browser and searching for the latest download link for Visual Studio.
That's just me. I'm old school. And deeply nostalgic. And deeply resentful of the fact that it's becoming more and more difficult to work the way I want to.
I've made so many concessions over the years. So many compromises, to cater to corporations who've decided that it's not necessary anymore for people to understand how protocols work to use the Internet, how file systems and RAM and processors work in order to use computers. It hurts my heart to see people getting dumber, where technology should be making people smarter.
Again, this is hyperbole, and I fully understand that I spend far too much time thinking of this stuff, but sometimes late at night, I *do* think of this stuff, and I get very sad....
I remember voraciously reading all the Internet-related RFCs in the mid to late 90s: HTTP/S, FTP/S, SMTP/S, POP3, IMAP, IRC, GOPHER... And dreaming of one day writing a client for each of them.
But now everything just basically runs over HTTP (the hyperTEXT transfer protocol), and I don't believe that the world is ultimately better for that. Hell, I even fantasise about a time when there were no images embedded in web pages, because, guess what, images are *binary* files, and you know what protocol was intended for transferring *binary* files? Yip, you guessed it, the FILE Transfer Protocol. ;-P
OK, certain concessions must be made, and sometimes, images enhance our web-surfing experience. Within reason. I still don't like websites which are overly graphical. But I'm not sure we should even be downloading exes and zips from URLs starting with http://. I think those should start with ftp://, and when you click them, they should force you to open FileZilla.
Oh, and in response to your earlier comment about the Documents directory being for what you want to keep: The Documents directory is for *documents*. As in, PDFs, word processor files, spreadsheets, presentations, text files, and the like. The Downloads folder is for exes and zips and things.
In both cases, for stuff you want to keep. I know most people don't keep setup exes anymore, but honestly, if I need to reinstall something, or I've just finished setting up a new PC and need to install Visual Studio, I'm going to first go search my Downloads directory for the setup exe, and double-click it. It will then internally make sure it downloads the latest version. That's way quicker for me than firing up my web browser and searching for the latest download link for Visual Studio.
That's just me. I'm old school. And deeply nostalgic. And deeply resentful of the fact that it's becoming more and more difficult to work the way I want to.
I've made so many concessions over the years. So many compromises, to cater to corporations who've decided that it's not necessary anymore for people to understand how protocols work to use the Internet, how file systems and RAM and processors work in order to use computers. It hurts my heart to see people getting dumber, where technology should be making people smarter.
Again, this is hyperbole, and I fully understand that I spend far too much time thinking of this stuff, but sometimes late at night, I *do* think of this stuff, and I get very sad....
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