On Oct 5, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
You can put it wherever you want, but you MUST make an alias to it
in the
~/Documents/ folder. If they don't like even the alias there, tell
them to
get another email and PIM client, because Entourage will keeping
making a
new empty database there and not notice all previous data, if they
don't
have either the MUD folder or an alias in the correct location.
Or they could give up using a computer.
The idea is that maybe Entourage could look in spot A (~/Library/
Application support or ~/) then spot B (~/Documents/) and if it
doesn't find one, it would make a new one in one of those two
locations (for the developers to really decide)
On Oct 6, 2005, at 11:19 AM, Bryan R Harris wrote:
The MUD folder is like a big black box sitting in my living room --
I know
it's useful, but I don't recognize most of what's in it and I'm not
allowed
to move into the closet.
I can't even throw a blanket over it.
On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:36 AM, Barry Wainwright wrote:
Paul has already posted the answer to this question, but I am
intrigued -
why on earth would they want to put their MUD folder in ~/Library?
The issues are of organization and control.
The idea that the MUD folder is folder with a very long name,
alphabetically in the middle of any other user- created folders in ~/
Documents
It breaks the flow of looking through one's Documents folder
Some users don't recognize that they can't move it, and call me later
in a panic wondering where all their mail went. (fortunately, no one
actually emptied their trash before calling)
Honestly, it forces me (on a regular basis) to create a new folder in
~/ to become their default Documents folder. Doing so ensures that
they can do whatever they want in that documents folder without the
severe repercussions of, say, loosing all one's email.
At any rate, I feel it is a valid question.
If it is moved in a future release, I would guess there would be two
responses:
Those who don't care (they didn't care about it being in ~/Documents)
Those who are relieved they can regain control of their ~/Documents
Of course, it would have to be done in such a way that users don't
loose track of their MUD folder in future upgrades. Heck, maybe it
could pay attention to both the existing & potential new location and
list all Identities from both locations as choices.
Ok, thanks for listening.
-Allen Hancock
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