On 22.04.2002 11:30 Uhr, Dennis W. Manasco wrote
> FW{Little}IW I have hundreds of applications and tens of thousands of
> documents spread over seven hard disks and more than a hundred
> gigabytes of storage. I find Apple's implicit assertion that all
> applications should share a folder on the boot hard disk alongside a
> folder which contains all "documents" anathema. I will continue to
> put _my_ documents and _my_ applications wherever I want them on _my_
> computer. If I come across companies whose programs get their
> knickers in a twist because their folders aren't in the "right" place
> they will get one polite email from me. If the behavior continues
> they will loose my business and hear my strenuous condemnation to all
> who will listen.
I agree with you.
And to Andrew's support I must admit that
a) before System 9 I also kept my documents inside the applications folders
in a document folder.
b) in the case of Finale I have still retained this approach (though most of
my other docs have since moved into the regular documents folder).
In addition I would argue that no system is ever going to be completely
consistent. Ie, most email apps store their email either inside the system
folder or inside the app folder. Yet, emails are, strictly speaking,
documents, too.
There is also quite a lot of inconsitency on Apple's part, which makes it
difficult to follow new "guide lines" whenever Apple changes them. For
instance, I very much object to what Apple did from 9.04 to some later
system by giving up certain folders like the Internet folder, or the Apple
Extras folder by having them moved inside the applications folder. This has
in some ways destroyed a system that I had working quite well on my machine.
Eg, I had a Download folder inside my Internet folder. Now this Internet
folder sits inside the applications folder, which is not where I want my
downloads to be stored.
Johannes
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