>Well, I'm not 100% in Tamar's camp, so to speak.

I understand. However, the argument that we're not new Windows users and we don't need helpful things like My Document is never a really good one. I used dismiss alot of these types of features too, but I give them a try first, and most, like this one, start to make sense.

>Well, my only 'gripe' with using the My Folders directory is that in many cases it can have a lot of files and I've noticed that when Windows Exploder <g> opens a directory with a lot of files it slows down. That counterbalances (in my mind anyway) the notion that using My Documents gives am advantage, speedwise.

I'd rather have a user sit 3 or 4 seconds (which is an exrteme case, and hardware in two years will probably make it irrelvant) waiting for the list of documents to show up then have them spend 15 seconds poking around the C drive looking for those documents. Even if they know where too look, navigating Windows Explorer is almost always slower and frustrating than waiting for a list to come up. The advantage isn't in the speed in which the documents come up, as you say (the path isn't hardwired, BTW), it is in having short cuts all over the OS to your documents.

>As far as having a space in a folder name.. I personally don't like it but recognize that I got my views about this in the days where this was an issue far greater then it is today.

Well, its another one of those "new user" things. Can you give an unambigious name for a folder that contains all of your documents that everyone will be able to recognize? I suppose MyDocuments but not everyone is used to a Wikis ;-), and in upper case, it looks even wierder MYDOCUMENTS. To alot of users, that isn't two words mashed together, its some weird computer term. When mutiple users use the same machine, Documents leaves alot to be desired.

But like you say, the use of a space in folder and file names is a non issue these days.

Not to rag on you or anyhting, Doug, just explaining what makes sense to me.