Thus spake Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, circa 5/27/2004 2:11 AM:
> For goodness' sake. just tell them not to move it. End of story. Who cares
> if they "want to" move it? [...] just tell your users to leave it be. They
> can just learn a few rules
Wow. What a great attitude! You will not touch your computer! Do it our way
or don't do it at all! Are you sure this isn't a Windows list?
FWIW I like the clear delineation between different types of data, each in
its own place. I find it liberating. But I also understand the attitude of
people who want the computer to do things THEIR WAY. Perhaps if you explain
WHY things work as they do, clients will understand and accept.
Just explain to them that /Users/you is your home on a multiuser system and
that this makes it EASIER to find things. Their data lives in "Documents,"
and since the "Microsoft User Data" folder contains data (among other things
you need not mention) it lives in Documents.
> The very first app I know of which ensured that wouldn't happen was
> OE 5.0.2, followed by its son and heir Entourage 2001. The idea to putting
> the MUD in the Documents folder was probably inspired by Windows. [...]
> MacBU thought of this before Apple
As I recall, OE 4.5 put its mail in Preferences, and OE 5 moved it to the
Documents folder **to comply with Apple's guidelines** when Apple planned
to introduce multiple users in OS 9. Apple may have taken inspiration from
Windows for the organization of the user's folder ("My Documents," "My
Pictures," etc.) but the idea of segregating users' data in their home
directories goes back to a time before there was an Apple or a Microsoft.
The idea of putting documents in the Documents folder instead of an
application folder (or wherever) dates to before Windows 95 to at least
System 7.5 where the open and save dialog boxes went to the Documents folder
by default.
peter
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