Re: Folder vs directory.

[Alexander Kirillov <kirillov math sunysb edu>]

Of course, I should wait until I see the suggested definitions, but
wouldn't having 2 words - which, AFAIK, mean the same thing - confuse
users? 

Sasha

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:17:52AM +0100, Pat Costello wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> There was a discussion recently about the usage of the terms folder and 
> directory, inspired by the draft GNOME Style Guide. The Sun documentation team 
> discussed this topic, and we actually believe that there is room for both terms. 
> Rather than go into detail in this mail, we will include proposed entries and 
> definitions for both folder and directory into the next update of the wordlist 
> in the GNOME Style Guide. 
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
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