Nah - they are users and don't want to be confused by details <g>. Most of them wouldn't know an extension if it bit them on the leg. They store everything in My Documents and have no concept of folders or, in some cases, meaningful titles - but enough of the foibles of users. Like most here I am irritated by some of the M$ assumptions, but a lot of them are justified! I particularly hate hiding extensions and agree that they might help educate people - but I'm not convinced. Mark Stanton, another Profoxer, used to tell the tale of a banker getting quite irate because he had saved his spreadsheet on the hard drive but it was no longer there. When questioned further it turned out that he had saved it on the local hard drive on a totally different machine. He was brilliant at making millions of dollars for the bank but couldn't get the concept of networked drives and local drives.
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > Hmm, maybe users get confused because they can't tell the > difference between pdf files and word files because essential > things that would build knowledge are hidden from them. Like > file extensions. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/9401fcc4e46d4a9f87c6ad5fb029f...@wessex1 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
