CompuServe Messages

Tom, True, an ICON doesn't have to be in the same drawer as it's file, but the whole idea behind drawers (directories) is to break up files and but the whole idea behind drawers (directories) is to ogranize your files into logical segments. For example, if you have 5 text editors/word processors and 6 terminal programs and 4 BASIC programs and 9 games and 3 spreadsheets and 8 other types of programs…you'd end up with 35 ICONs in one drawer and would have to have a large window to see them all (if you can)…but if you had a drawer named "Text Processing" you could move your 5 text editors (or their ICONs…whatever) in there, another drawer named "TeleComm" and put the 6 terminal programs there and so on. These could all be under a single drawer called "Programs", open that and you'd be confronted with 6 ICONs only, open the one you're interested in and you'd be confronted with a maximum (under the above setup) of 8 ICONs. That's much easier to deal with, and much more logical. Do you keep all your bills, household papers (insurance, etc), correspondence, notes, etc in a single drawer at home (or at work)? Or do you at least break things down a bit and keep some stuff one place, and some another so you can find it easier? That's the whole idea behind directories…to organize your files into logical sub-units. This applies to the file's ICONs also…they are, for all intent and purposes, the same as the files themselves as far as the user of the WB is concerned, because that's the only way the user has of seeing the files. If you are only dealing with a floppy with only a few programs, it's no big deal…but if you are dealing with a HD…you'll quickly overfill a window with ICONs if you put all of them in a single drawer. Don