Have you done this mistake?

[elgringomexicano@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss If someone is computer-literate enough to understand what a directory/folder is (which now excludes an increasing amount of younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who only know how to use smartphones and apps, if recent reporting is to be believed), then I'm pretty happy with that without splitting hairs over terminology.

[dnparadice@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss is it not the same thing?

[rxf4e1@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss lol, i've been using linux since 1999/2000 and always said folder.

[cliffsesport@mastodon.social]

@giggls @itsfoss to me if in gui tend to think folder and if in CLI or similar then think directory.

[janneke@todon.nl]

@itsfoss
I have no problem with people showing their ignorance.

In fact, it's mostly helpful.

[sesivany@social.vivaldi.net]

@CliffsEsport @giggls @itsfoss AFAIK they aren't the same thing. A directory is a file system thing while a folder is a broader UI concept. It could represent a dir, but it could also represent e.g. files from various dirs matching certain criteria. Two terms for two different, although related things. I'm fine with it.

[dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz]

@rxf4e1 @itsfoss
That's bad and you should feel bad.

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[jimmysjolund@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss Today ...

[wx1g@queer.cool]

@itsfoss I've been caught doing this! It's most embarrassing! LOL! It's a "directory", in a Linux group, and a "folder", everywhere else.

[manedoler@mastodon.social]

@bettina @itsfoss kamelåså

[brandtkurowski@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss I'm sometimes tempted to say "folder" just cuz it's shorter but then I remember "dir" is shortest and all is well (works better written than spoken obvs)

[nishantneerajagnihotri@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss we all have been standardised by windows terminology for computer use.
Call whatever you want just keep the technical aspect in mind.

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

@NishantNeerajAgnihotri true