Google’s way of Readme!
I am surprised when looking at the Google Desktop Search’s folder (mine -> C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Search). The search company found an interesting way to make the users read. 12 files are used to describe the action that you shouldn’t be done on this folder. One more interesting thing is that this is readable in any sort order since the size and the date of the files are the same, explorer cares for the name of the file only.
Each files contains the same content and they are basically text file. The contents of those files are the same text you read.
Warning - Do not move or delete these files - your system may stop working. To uninstall use Add-Remove programs in the control panel or run GoogleDesktop.exe -uninstall
That’s a very common way that information is displayed on FTP servers (I swear I’ve seen it done at least 15 years ago).
The only surprising thing is why more people don’t do it for applications.
21 September 2006, 11:51 pmBecause it’s really annoying maybe?
22 September 2006, 6:42 pmSorry, Beagle Bros. was doing this an Apple ][ software probably 25 years ago. I think that beats FTP by a bit.
22 September 2006, 6:57 pmThat is totally awesome!
22 September 2006, 10:28 pmYea I remember this showing up on my macintosh too. Bungie did something once where they cut up a logo for one of the Marathon games and assigned them as the icon for a bunch of files then laid them out to recreate the logo in the filesystem.
23 September 2006, 1:40 amI wonder how the text looks in icon mode?
23 September 2006, 2:20 am[...] Google Desktop Search has an original approach to a Readme… you don’t even need to open a text file to read it! (Hmm, is there something like “Windows file system art,” too?) [Via Can Erten.] [...]
26 September 2006, 8:58 amNice windows vista :D.
14 October 2006, 8:22 pm