"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| Has there been any indication of them changing this default - maybe in
| Windows 10.xxx? (I know they've said 10 is the "last" Windows; in
| practice, therefore, future versions will be 10.9.9.9....)
|

Unless Apple gets over their "X" fetish. Then Microsoft
will probably ape them and come out with something
like Windows Beyond. (Remember, you heard it here first.

| isn't
| really valid since they introduced the change in (I think) 7 whereby
| "rename" defaults to no longer highlighting the extension.

That drives me crazy. For me that's a classic example of
why I avoid moving to Win7 for most things. They just keep
adding more training wheels. It takes more and more work to
remove those training wheels. And in some cases it's just
not doable. The result is interrupted productivity, like
trying to make coffee while wearing a helmet and fireproof
gloves.