Trivial things about OS X that tickle me!!

[Sparky]

So, been using OS X for more that a couple of years, today I was looking at a customer folder and noticed that they seemed to be in the wrong order. I'm used to OS 9 where you need to put a "0" (zero) in front of the single digit numbers to make them show up in the file list in numerical order. OK so why are my folders in the order of "8" - "14" - "21"
instead of 14,21,8 ??? then it hit me,, ops: ops: the damn OS recognizes numbers in sets so it sees that "8" is smaller than "14" and puts it at the top of the list. :roll:

8) 8) 8) 8) I spent most of today taking the stupid 0 from in front of my customer files 8O felt like a stupid cat playing with a ball of string............

And I don't want to hear anyone say "I knew that, where you been under a rock??"

just my 2.5?

Just in case you're wondering, there are only two charecters you can use to put in front of a file or folder name to force it below the "Z" they are Option+M = ? which I believe is the null symbol. Option+P = ? (Pi) symbol, and Option+Z = ? omega symbol. Have fun

Note: the symbols don't display correctly in this text box

[JoePixel]

I agree, and don't necessarily care for the new naming convention. I used to put a bullet (option and the number eight) at the beginning of some folders to put them at the bottom of my folder structure. In OSX, that folder with the bullet is now at the top of the folder structure.

Small little things like that disappoint me, but it's not that big of a deal.

Is there a way to change this?

[clod]

OK so why are my folders in the order of "8" - "14" - "21"
instead of 14,21,8 ??? then it hit me,, the damn OS recognizes numbers in sets so it sees that "8" is smaller than "14" and puts it at the top of the list.

Dude, I've done the same thing...I'll go scrolling though a list searching in vain for a file or folder, only to end up smacking my forehead like Chris Farley.

[David]

keeping your files in a logical order is really over rated!

8O


god help us all...

what burns me is when you hit the up arrow key, it goes to the bottom of a list