Editing Spatial file manager (section)

===Advantages===
A spatial file manager is closer to the way the people interact with the physical objects around them, such as desks, chairs and tables.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}} Since spatial properties are reliable indicators of "location" in a spatial file manager, the user may build up a familiar work environment by arranging commonly used windows, secure in the knowledge that this state will be preserved and will always map to the expected locations. This familiarity can lead to increased comfort and efficiency.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}

Furthermore, identification based on spatial attributes is a very natural human ability, requiring little or no conscious thought.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}} The ability to recognize and recall locations within the hierarchy based on the appearance and position of folder windows is the primary purpose of the spatial file manager. All of the "rules" and behaviors that define the spatial file manager are designed to ensure that the strengths of the visual/spatial recognition and recall abilities of the human brain are leveraged.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}} The idea is that these abilities are more natural and require "less work" than other forms of recognition based on reading text,{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}} maintaining an awareness of "current working directory" (in a command-line environment, for example), relying on the memory of past actions, or any other non-spatial cues.

One more advantage is that it allows the user to keep things arranged a certain way from one session to the next, as with the "workspace" settings in many high-end software packages. For instance, the windows showing the contents of different folders for a complex project could be tiled onscreen in such a fashion that all of them could be seen at the same time. In a browser-style file manager, one would be forced to rearrange these same windows every time they were reopened.