INTRODUCTION
Computer users have to handle files every single day. As the operation systems evolved, file managers have gone through many shapes and have their own history - from PIP on the ol' CP/M to various visual file representation tools today. File handling - however - hasn't changed much. We, computer users, still must have a directory where we store our documents and work files and there is space for system files which we shouldn't touch. Files have their own name, type (extension) and the program that handles them (e.g. WinWord for DOC files).
There are many different approaches when handling files. Some users stick to command line input which is basically the same as twenty years ago, some use programs like PCTools®, XTree Gold® or Norton Commander® and some rely only on mouse operation by dragging and dropping in a graphical user interface.
What do they all have in common?
They handle files sequentially e.g. file-by-file or filetype-by-filetype. The process is called separate file management. What does this mean exactly? If you observe an average user making a backup in his favorite file manager you can see that he works in layers - he first marks and copies all his text documents from one directory, then another, then another, then checks which spreadsheets were changed and on and on until he has (hopefully) copied all he wanted. It is virtually impossible (with few minor exceptions) to handle files conveniently from different directories or disks at the same time in many file managers today.
People don't think sequentally! If computers grew to accomodate our needs for visual representation of data why shouldn't file handling be more similar to the way people think?!
That's why we made Calypso advanced file manager. It supports working by joint file management. That basically means that you set up a group of files by different criterias and work with them at once. That will simplify and enhance the way you work with files. All those different file tag criterias, Tag wizard and many more options will make the computer think the way you think. It understands what you want and helps you doing it.
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