"Paul B. Gallagher" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > [email protected] wrote: > >> OK; have seen various comments concerning extra-large bookmarks and have >> the following "solution" suggestion (or at least a start in that >> direction). >> Notice that WinDoze has various options for viewing a drive or folder; >> relevant ones are List and Details. >> These NEVER eat more than the space of one screen; they "gracefully" >> scroll. >> For some (like me), there would be a problem in that those are >> ALPHABETICALLY SORTED lists; the "good" part is that one can "jump" to a >> list group or name by typing in a "search term". >> So, to keep both user types happy, keep the lists in USER ORDER and have >> the "search term" act like a filter that would display only matching >> items. >> As the search term is typed, less and less matching items would be seen. > > FWIW, the various flavors of Windows behave somewhat differently with > respect to sort order. In WinXP and earlier, you could define a default > sort order and apply it to all folders, so for example, I used to have all > folders set to sort in descending date order (newest first). Application > dialogs that called Windows Explorer data behaved the same way, and you > could re-sort those lists without affecting the WE default. > > In Win7, however, there are several classes of folders, and they display > differently. For example, folders classified by Windows as containing > pictures may show thumbnails instead of details. Moreover, Win7 forgets > the sort order and reverts to its default for that class of folders > whenever you navigate to a different folder or close Windows Explorer. > Fortunately, if you navigate to a folder through the "Libraries" virtual > folder tree, Win7 does remember your display settings.
I don't have a Windows 7 computer yet but doesn't Classic Shell fix the problem? http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ > > -- > War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. > -- > Paul B. Gallagher _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
