On Dec 30, 2004, at 0:25, Lars Pind wrote:

[ default file/folder patterns ] So other people experiencing this problem, that's something to look for.

Question for Allan: Is this on purpose?

The file/folder patterns are pretty much the result of evolution :)

I'm aware of the caveat about the preferences not reflecting existing folder references. Interestingly I actually added this text to the preferences pane yesterday -- but ideally it should affect non-changed folder-reference patterns.

It seems very confusing that there's a preferences pane setting that doesn't have any effect.

They are defaults (as implied by the label), i.e. used when creating new folder references. But your critique is fair.