The 'system' wouldn't be creating the directories -- you would when  
you install software.  It's all your stuff after all...

On May 31, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Casper.Dik at sun.com wrote:

>
>> I don't agree.   When browsing with a file browser (like most non-cli
>> users do), the files that start with . are ignored.  This makes it
>> very difficult to select that directory to store a new font, for
>> example.
>
> The system has no business creating directories under my home  
> directory
> without asking me what name they have unless they are hidden  
> directories.
>
> If I can see the directory I can then proceed to rename and delete it.
>
> Casper

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