you should never make the assumption that software you use is smart, or even not complete garbage
…and file managers aren’t the only things that display lists of files. low-level tooling should not be “smart” beyond the most basic sorting without specifically being told first
At least it makes my folders really easy to sort through…
Only if you leave the leading zeros!
…or your file manager is smart enough to do numeric sorting
you should never make the assumption that software you use is smart, or even not complete garbage
…and file managers aren’t the only things that display lists of files. low-level tooling should not be “smart” beyond the most basic sorting without specifically being told first
I only objected to the use of “only” in the comment above. I’d like to object to “never” as well.
…And you assume you will only ever look at those files with that file manager forever…
There is no downside to writing the leading zeroes pretty much anywhere except when aesthetics matter (event flyers, etc)
I am a big fan of ISO8601, and I only objected to your use of “only” in the comment above.