jc
you make perfect sense. the pc industry has paid lip service, at best, to the problems you point out. but i want to call your attention to another part of your post....
"At the same time (and having nothing to do with this great thread!), I do think this discussion illustrates the nagging gap between techies and the rest of humanity"
that is precisely the gap we are trying to fill right here, jc. you are without question, 100% correct that things are tougher than they should be. but since they are that way, and probably won't change for quite some time, there's always the Computer Learning thread... a comfortable place to ask your most basic questions, with a variety of folks trying to provide an answer.
until and unless the industry as a whole changes, we'll just keep plugging away! <g3>
so, now that we all agree that things aren't as they should be, you still have that file transfer challenge to deal with.
:)
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