> >You haven't specifically instructed it not to do it. You've not
>
> Perhaps not explicity. There is no checkbox during profile
> creation that says, "Do not create a random subdirectory," but that
> seems to be implicit both from an historical perspective and from the
> way that most other applications handle such things. Honestly, I've
> never personally encountered another application that will do this.
Well, it's probably only necessary on browsers. The reason you haven't
seen it before is that Mozilla (tries to) pay far more attention to your
security and privacy than any other browser.
If we only did things that previous browsers have done... but you can see
where that is going :-)
> >of cooperating with mozilla.org a pain at times. But they contribute
> >because their employer says they should. Is that wrong?
>
> No, of course not. People contribute for different reasons.
>
> >There's no distinction, apart from the fact that, had Ben made the mod, he
> >would have had to make the patches available to _you_ when he gave you the
> >custom Moz.
>
> Which is exactly what I've been saying I would not want. I don't
> want something that is designed for me specifically. I want to use
> whatever it is that has been designed for everybody.
Then, as you said, you'll have to live with it if certain features are not
to your liking :-)
Gerv
