The flat structure is fast and simple as long as the number of files/settings/effects is rel. small to medium.
We tend to think, we have our stuff better organized by putting it in different boxes, and for some things this is true, BUT
when the number of boxes increases - how many times have you been in a situation like - hmm did i put it here or there, this drawer?, that folder?
Where did I save this picture? ...
Implementing a folder system also opens up ALOT of potential new software flaws introducing further instabilities (file/folder naming, backup/restore problems ...
PLUS it blows everything up (filenames including full paths) & slows everything down (climbing up and down the ladder (cd) takes time).
Programming dedicated hardware is very different from using a windows api with predefined classes.
I'd rather see them focus on a mac/windows config tool in a way that we keep/manage our profile collection on a computer (organized in folders ....) and just swap out the hot ones that survive the test period.
Don't wanna be a smart ass here, but I really hate menus and folder structures with 2 or 3 or 4 sublevels. (like it used to be in Word or in my old car when I wanted to reset the board computer after a visit to the gas station).
Well at some point it is also a matter of taste ...
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