Thanks for the Comments Paul. Personally I think if you want to move
it do the alias thing.
I think we will all do what is required to "make it work" even if it
requires some work-around. But I am always wary of the average user,
and hearing so many anecdotal experiences illustrates this is a point
of confusion / contention for many people. I can only hope that MS
listens to what we have to say. And if ppl have been complaining
about this for 6 years ...
-Mike
On Mar 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
On 3/14/06 1:20 PM, "Michael T. Scott"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As for developers putting files in smart places, well thats
the whole point here right. The only question of where preferences
or user data should live is does it need to be in the home directory
or can it be in slash. Quite frankly its dangerous to put such
application critical preferences in a folder where the typical user
is likely to be storing files and moving data in / out.
What I do is have a "Documents" subfolder inside my official user
Documents
folder. That's where I put all my own documents, and nothing else.
In the
outer official Documents folder is where Microsoft, Adobe and Palm
put their
folders, and I leave them there. This way there's no danger of
messing about
with them.
OS X has always had a Library folder in the user home. Application
support has been there as far back as I can remember, definitely
since 10.2. Big change for how office works? Well it would mean
changing the code to specify the new folder but other than that, as
long as the MUD stays in the user home, what would it change?
Where most people expect to find it, that's all.
Defiently don't expect any sort of update, but don't be an
apologist. This is exactly the place to air out these kind of
gripes.
Sure. I've said the same thing (why not use Application Support?)
for about
5-6 years. There's nothing new about it. In the meantime, things
will work
better if you work around what's actually required for things to work.
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