No, I understand perfectly.

If it is necessary to mark out some folders (in Windows, not the Poser library) as containing INJ data, then the logical way to do this it to put "INJ" in front of the folder name. Then it's clear. Then all the INJ folders will be together and clearly marked. Or is that too logical?

I can't see any good reason to keep them out of the way of other folders within Windows Explorer, and if it was necessary, then it would be better to put them at the bottom (prefaced with ZZ) to get them out of the way.

Making sure they float to the top looks to me to be motivated by vanity, and if you want to "put on some BRIGHT FLOURESCENT CLOTHES and then hang out in an UNLIT CAVE", well, that's your idea of fun, not mine.

well you'd have to ask DAZ if they were vain ... after all they started the ! marking on injection folders  :)

Lyrra, can you do that thing again? Things to consider: - XFX has a figure that actually does start with 'Zz'. - Phantast totally failed to grasp the cave metaphor. - Wouldn't it make more sense to name it '!!!XFX' so it would come before '!DAZ' if it was vanity? - !XFX does not contain injections, it contains channel definitions. Edit: Too late. OK.

This is how my runtimelibraries folder looks:
!3DA
!AwfulSoul
!DAZ
!GreyPixel
!Pretty3D
!SF
!SWAM
!TW
b9999
camera
character
DFEF
face
goldtassel
hair
hand
L75
Lesthat
light
materials
Morphs
Pose
poses
props

I like all my original poser folders to be together.  I don't like all these other folders mixed in with them... DFEF, goldtassel, L75, Lestha, etc.  This is more annoying to me.  Whatever would make these folders be separate from my Poser folders, either all on top, or all on bottom I don't care.  Just outta my way.

Someone did name one Morphs, now that would work if everyone would do that, one folder mixed in wouldn't be so bad.

I was wondering, can the morph injection folders be placed in geometries?  Or do they have to been in libraries?

Quote - Phantast totally failed to grasp the cave metaphor.

Not at all, I decided to treat it with the respect it deserved. And yes, I draw the same conclusions about Daz. Like so many companies, they like to see their name plastered everywhere.

(Worst of course is Microsoft. You notice how Windows doesn't sort Word files under W, it sorts them under M?)

Quote - (Worst of course is Microsoft. You notice how Windows doesn't sort Word files under W, it sorts them under M?)

er... huh?!

No matter what I do, I can't get my WinXP to sort word files  under M. It either lists them alphabetically, according to what letter the file name begins with, or under D for.doc if I sort by extension...

You have to sort by "Type" (i.e. click on that column header in explorer).

If you really want to you can edit the file type descriptions.

BWAHAHAHAA!

Vendor names go to the back of the line for me....

For example:

:Runtime:libraries:pose:CHAR V3:MAT CHAR V3 Character/Product name - Merchantname

After much more thought, I can clean this up even more.

Quote - You have to sort by "Type" (i.e. click on that column header in explorer).

Ah I see... I don't think I've ever used that sort option before, and frankly I see little use for it. Sort by either fiilename or extension seems more logical.

But yes, I can see that evil, vain Bill Gates also sorts .cab files under m.. MSCabinet..... Shame on you, Bill

PS.: Since you read everything on the Intarweb anyway: Bill.. will you marry me just for an hour or how long it takes for me to be entitled to inherit some of your zillions...

Quote - > Quote - Phantast totally failed to grasp the cave metaphor.

Not at all, I decided to treat it with the respect it deserved.

Really? Then explain it. Go for it.

Because I don't think you did get it at all. If you did, you might have actually gotten the point instead of insisting on carrying on your pointless tirade and flaming insultfest to every merchant who likes a little organisation with no basis or foundation to your argument when the reason one would want to sort and seperate and distinguish is obvious to anyone with half a brain.

TG: I use the Sort By Type thing all the time. Actually, all I have in the Sort By list is Name, Size, Type and Date Modified. In details view there are more options for columns, but Extension isn't one of them. This is in Win XP Pro. How do you do a sort by extension?

By preference, I actually default my folders to sort by Type, use Tiles, and Show In Groups, and keep 'Folders' on in the side. This keeps my CR2s seperate from the RSRs and PNGs, for instance, so when I want to select and edit several of them at once I don't have to bounce around the explorer window to get them all, usually. The sorting options are one of the things I actually wish the Macintosh finder did (along with copy-merging directories like all other operating systems do, instead of having to manually open a terminal and do a cp -r -i newfolder oldfolder which is what I end up doing to install Poser content on a Mac without wiping out my whole runtime which is what happens if you try it the Windows way).

does the ! work within a folder? thinking about that for moving my sets around (within a properly labeled, no ! labeled folder - eg, Khai's Room / !mainroom.pz2  so the user can start off more easily)

Quote - does the ! work within a folder?

Sure

now the question is, would that be acceptable? I mean, I would do this so the base item, say !mainroom would appear at the top of the folder's list. (the folder being named normally, I don't need to compensate for anything :sneaky: ) so the user can see it right off.. but I know users like to reorganise things into other folders... so.. is it worth the potential complaints... hmm.... I suppose thats upto them not me..

For me, people who name their folders different across the different library categories are much more of a pain than those who add a !!! ;-). I'll rename them anyway, but it's easier to remove just the !!! ;-). You can't please everyone anyway, but I like workflow friendly folder content, so the main room at top is fine for me.