Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
- Subject: Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
- From: Philip Ershler <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 11:45:17 -0700
On Dec 8, 2005, at 11:29 AM, Andy Armstrong wrote:
On 8 Dec 2005, at 18:22, John Stiles wrote:
I don't think those things are relevant to end users.
Remember, we're developers. We are all a special case.
I can't quite believe the arrogance of this. Are we not also end
users? There's a useful mechanism there and we're contemplating
breaking it not for any particular technical advantage but because
we've decided that it's not useful to mere mortals?
Two points,
1. Users expect to find preference files in the preference folder.
2. What is the advantage of putting preferences in the Application
Support Folder?
Phil
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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
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