On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:32:12 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

Frankly, I don't see it as an issue either. If I need the list (ant
list, anywhere) in some specified order, there are lots of ways to do
it, depending on context. Most of the time it's irrelevant.

Sometimes you act like an adult, Wolf, and other times you don't.
I always mirror your attitude, as you're well aware.

This time you acted like an adult, and you didn't slip in snide remarks
like Mayayana did, which revealed his true intent - which is why I
responded to him as I did (since I always mirror intent).

I explained to Mayayana why it matters *greatly*.

The answer is that I write tutorials all the time, as you are well aware,
so I don't have to prove that to you.

I also annotate those tutorials with real-world screenshots, as you are
also well aware.

You may not be aware that every screenshot looks the same, when it's in a
teeny tiny thumbnail view, which is how it shows up in Paint.NET by
default.

If I snap, say, 40 screenshots, and then I edit all 40 files, I want them
to be in the order that I snapped them. That simply makes sense since I
edit them in sequence.

Again, all thumbnails of the desktop look pretty much the same, especially
when you're hitting a menu or changing a setting, or selecting a context
menu entry, or whatever the screenshot is showing.

Does this make any sense to you?
It makes perfect sense to me, where, to me, it's *obvious* why it's needed.

Maybe you (and Mayayana) don't write as many tutorials as I do perhaps?
Or, maybe you just don't edit as many screenshots as I do, perhaps?

Nonetheless, even if you don't, I would think the need super *obvious*.

So what difference does it make for you? In what context(s)?

The context is so super obvious that it's hard for me to tell you anything
more than what any person who edits screenshots in sequence would
*instantly* know the very first time they tried it.

It's like me telling you how to ride a bike if you've never ridden one.

If you ever edited a score or more of screenshots, and then you were
confronted with a mishmash of thumbnails, you'd *instantly* realize why the
need to have them in order.

Thank you for acting like an adult.
You'll note that I tactically mirror perceived intent in all responses.
I do that for strategic reasons (to encourage you to act like an adult).

Hence I appreciate your purposefully helpful intent.
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PS: In my prior response to Mayayaa, I used "whom" incorrectly.
I apologize for my faux pas.