Joel Holdsworth wrote:
We discussed this already on this list, and came to the conclusion that that feature is not necessary for the Windows users, because Windows users don't expect it, and adding extra features to the standard dialog undermines the very reason native dialogs were implemented in the first place: to improve consistency!
So my suggestion would be this: Put windows shortcuts in your home folder. Wouldn't that do the job? - in a neat windowsy sort of way?
What do you think? Joel
Thank you for the suggestion! Yes placing shortcuts in MyDocuments does help, and it makes sense to think about OS consistency.
At this stage it doesn't really sound promising. Besides, as of 5 months ago, this old MS fanboy has finally given up faith is Microsoft, and moved over to Ubuntu - which I love. So in a sense it feels a bit odd adding features that encourage people on to Vista, because really I want MS to go away, and everybody to join me on Linux. I'm being silly - it doesn't really work that way - I'll add support for it if it becomes practical.
I used to have Ubuntu64 on this machine along with WinXP (on AMD64 3000) until the routine win C: reformat after which Ubuntu was inaccessible. I guess boot partitions got corrupted? When I tried to install Ubuntu again it crashed during installation. Any idea what I might do to get Ubuntu back?