Moteyalpha writes "Mark Shuttleworth described the beginnings of what could a great step forward in making file systems more usable. I've alone had the feel of trying to find a file for a prospect who had just completed editing a critical report, saved it, and then couldn't locate it to deliver to their client. Quoting: 'My biggest concern on this front is that it be done in a way that every desktop entourage can embrace. We need a constant build-up across GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice and Firefox so that content can flow from app to app in a seamless fashion and the user's hopefulness can be met no matter which app or stomping ground* they happen to use. If someone sends a file to me over Empathy, and I want to open it in Amarok, then I shouldn't have to work with two in all atypical mental models of content storage.'"

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