Bye Bye My Everything
For some reason, I have always been resistant to using standard folders that come supplied with windows; My Document, My music, My pictures. I created my own “read”, “listen” and “see” folders on the desktop. Only this year I decided to stop being rebellious and use the services and suggestion of the good people at Microsoft so I discarded my filing cabinet in favour of their pre configured ones.
Today I learnt a disturbing fact. First the amuzing paper clip goes, and now this:
Ending a longstanding tradition, Microsoft Corp. plans to stop using the word “my” as the default prefix for such folders as “My Documents,” “My Music,” “My Pictures” and others along those lines. Starting in the next Windows version, due out next year, folders will be known simply as “Documents,” “Music,” and so on
Those folders on your Windows desktop will still be yours — but in the future you’ll need to figure that out on your own.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/226209_msftnotebook30.asp
Gladly, the thousands of services that adopted the “My” aproach to personlization wont follow Microsoft abandonment of their creation.
..it’s not only Microsoft that’s engaged in the practice. “My” has become the common shorthand in the technology industry to suggest personalization or customization — not only in the file structure of individual programs but also in the names of high-profile services and features. For starters, there’s My Yahoo!, My eBay, and Google’s “My Search History.”
June 3rd, 2005 at 7:17 pm
I always thoguht about this “My” word & i hated it…donno why…but i just didnt like it…thank god it won’t be available in the new version of Microsoft…w thnx for that info bro…
Btw liked wat u used to do instead of using the original files :D
June 3rd, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Switch to linux :D
I’m wondering, how longer will thier monopoly last !!
June 3rd, 2005 at 9:01 pm
…..my flickr….my wish list…my technologically engulfed personality…lolz could go on and on..
June 3rd, 2005 at 11:20 pm
aqoool under Navigate you have “My Flickr” :D
June 4th, 2005 at 1:16 am
Personalizing is a marketing tactics to give the feeling of belonging. My or Me is every where Me-bank and My-Job.
It’s a Period which will be soon replaced by another wave.
At the end these initiatives have a good influence in our life and makes it more simplistic whither it is
My document or My book.
June 4th, 2005 at 8:26 am
I am into ME more than My, so I rename it from My to Me :S
Even my previous site raw3ah-me.com lol
June 6th, 2005 at 5:53 pm
Asslaamu Alikum!
Good to see you back online! Myself i came back online aftera month or two..but it was a good surprise to see your site back & running!
June 11th, 2005 at 12:54 am
isalam 3alaikum .
poor microsoft users , hehe i use macintosh lol :p
it’ll be somehow weird getting a new microsoft computer or system without the “My” stuff , but they’ll get over it :P