Whenever you want to store something in Vista, it directs you by default to
your own user's storage area, and not to a specific disk (or disk
directory). The way user-oriented storage is organised (named) changes with
every version of OS, which creates havoc if you're interested in storing
information in an orderly manner for more than about , 6 months, or if you
use more than one OS.
Similarly, by default, Unix/Linux lets you write only to your own area. The
reason for this is apparantly security
To an ordinary user, this user-based system is absurd: the most obvious
example is that family photos should go into a shared family photos
directory, not to some obscure user-specific storage area with an alias
instead of a name. With V*sta, every time you want to store a photo, you
have to click on 'My computer' (or whatever it is in English nowadays), and
then work through the directory structure.
Another example of M$ user-unfriendliness: I had to stop using Excel when M$
decided (W2000) that template files (xlt) should be user-specific (each user
needs his/her own copy in his/her own user area; try maintaining that for 40
users...). That isn't what templates are about.
Why can't an OS have an option that allows a user to have the disk structure
as the default 'save' option for storage?
Regards
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