http://phanfare.disqus.com/Views from Phanfare, Photo and Video sharing for the iPhoneenMon, 28 Apr 2008 10:56:31 -0000http://blog.phanfare.com/2008/04/good-consumer-apps-dont-expose-the-filesystem/#comment-4942369One thing I learned at PMA this year is that people understand files. They're comfortable with files. Files feel like tangible things to them. Entries in some "cloud" somewhere are not nearly as comforting. People don't trust online services with their precious files, especially photos. If you hide where the photo files are, the user feels like the file is "gone" into some "black hole" and he/she has lost control of it. <br> <br>Furthermore, people like to use their photo files in lots of ways, in lots of applications, not just yours. They want to make copies of the photo files, back up the photo files, use the photo files as "profile photos" in Facebook, etc etc.stefanMon, 28 Apr 2008 10:56:31 -0000