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How many items are in the top level of your primary user's Library -> Preferences folder?
1/1: How many items are in the top level of your primary user's Library -> Preferences folder?
Other polls | 2,036 votes | 12 comments
Why?,
I have over 700 items, is it all right to bin them? sounds like a plan to me
Why?,
Depends on if you still have the apps or not -- those are the preference files for the associated applications. Trash them, and if the app's still around, next time you run it, it will be like the first time...
154
I have always kept this cleaned out (as I did in OS 9). When I discard a program I've temporarily checked out, I check my system for files it created (visible + invisible), here and elsewhere, and delete those too.
95
Mine needs a little work...............well, some people have more than me.
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Presentation is everything
I think a better representation of the data would be to rank them by number of items (low to high), rather than by number of responses in each category. The graph as it stands requires me to keep looking at the column headings to see which one it is. If they were ranked in order, new and interesting patterns could be seen (are there "islands of interest" in the data?, etc).
Unfortunately, not possible
I agree that the results would be more relevant presented as you suggest, but as Rob will tell you, the software he uses to generate the polls only outputs results in order from most to fewest responses. He will frequently do an Excel graph at the conclusion of the poll that shows the responses ranked in the order in which they were presented in the poll.
Unfortunately, not possible
"Not possible," he says. Bah! I was going to say that certainly anything is possible -- even if you use code that somebody else wrote. It's PHP, so just go in and make the changes you want to make. "Not likely," would be more valid, since I can understand why you wouldn't want to go tweaking somebody else's code that you might want to upgrade one day.
Unfortunately, not possible
Wellllll ... it never *used to be* an option! :). Seriously, not sure when they added that in, but thanks for pointing it out. I just flipped the switch, so it should now be in the easier to read format...
Unfortunately, not possible
I was about to say! I thought you were all on crack because what I saw was a nice Gaussian curve. I'm glad you found that switch, it's hard to imagine how difficult this data would be to read if it were sorted.
Unfortunately, not possible
See, my plan worked. By goading the ever-knowledgeable MOSXH readers with my "not possible" comment, I have stimulated their collective curiousity and spawned a solution. TA DA!
Unfortunately, yes possible (:))
hee hee, I like that. :)
SMILEYS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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55 folders on top level
I run my laptop very clean. Don't know about the desktop machine though -- I tend to be a little freer with installing random (but relatively harmless) things to try them out. |
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