>If the idea of a filesystem limiting the depths of nesting sounds insane, imagine a filesystem where every level of nesting is conceptually different, where there's one program that you use to manage some levels of nesting and another program for other levels of nesting, where you can't move things from one level to another.
>That is the state of window management today
Why is this insane? Unlike directories in a file system, different levels of windows are conceptually different; it would make no sense to be able to embed a workspace (top level) into an alert box (lowest level), or a browser tab (middle level) in a terminal (unrelated middle level).
That the author has no justification for why they think this is “insane” nor any suggestions for what should be done differently speaks volumes.
>That is the state of window management today
Why is this insane? Unlike directories in a file system, different levels of windows are conceptually different; it would make no sense to be able to embed a workspace (top level) into an alert box (lowest level), or a browser tab (middle level) in a terminal (unrelated middle level).
That the author has no justification for why they think this is “insane” nor any suggestions for what should be done differently speaks volumes.