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There is a lesson from the history, especially from the IT history about how people do not understand tools they use and so they try to mimic old paradigms used in old tools with them. I suggest seeing old General Magick, Magic Cap UIs for instance https://youtu.be/iw4mi6SKNp8 there is NO point in try representing a virtual office with a virtual desk with a virtual file cabinet, suspended folders etc it's just useless clutter that slow down the work. But people try to mimic that and keep doing the same for decades before a small change followed by another small and various other crappy solution to make the situation even worse.

Remote work and office work are different, there is NO POINT in mimicking the latter in the former, like there is no point in making big north-facing windows in cold climate because that's normally done in hot south and vice versa. That's just blind ignorance and fear of change.

I can understand both, but please do not encourage such behaviors, instead try to craft a REAL new remote paradigm too many have no idea about how to shape it.



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