Women in Technology

I suppose some intended universal familiarity and consistency was the reason. Yet that would seem to tempt people into thinking they actually *are* Finder folders (or linked to them). iPhoto/iTunes use different names/icons for other collections of content so why the stubbornness with "folders"?

Seems backwards dragging traditional file manager terminology and symbols into non-office apps (e.g. iPhoto and iTunes). Why are they called "folders" instead of names that more accurately describe collections of data in the context they're used? And why are we still using that drab manila file folder as the generic universal icon?

Generally, both the classic "folder" icon and name are overused and misused nowadays; a legacy symbol and terminology of an increasingly ill-fitted desktop metaphor for computing interfaces. And, gosh, now we have Smart Folders and Burn Folder in Finder. No one intuitively knows what "smart" and "burn" mean but they're something different than a "normal" folder and they get new icons to signal new meanings. Hmm.

Somehow that relates to the article but I've already written too much and won't attempt tying things together.