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No - the little arrow does not work as in Windows. Nor provide a particularly (rationally) expected result. When you sort on a column, that becomes the sort order of the file. Pretty much everywhere I have been exposed to. The application does something different and not particularly useful.
No, calibre was not supposed to be doing anything with the file. It was retaining ownership when it had no business to be doing so. No discernible way to tell it not to. There is also some peculiarity in handling files. It will not recognize a file on the left hand side of explorer under a higher level folder. You must first select the higher level folder and then use the sub-folder names from the right hand side. Windows allows the opening of the files directly on the left side.
These responses pretty much follow my basic issue with using this application (which I find incredibly useful). It has to be me expecting something I see everywhere else. With no actual explanation or resolution. There really needs to be a manual created that does not use application specific jargon to explain how things work.
There has been an incredible amount of effort spent creating, maintaining, and expanding this application. So many answers to questions amount to: If you only understood things we do not tell you (i.e., can't find in the documentation), you would not have this problem. Defensive; not helpful. Over a couple of years, I find defensive (or you are just too lazy to learn) to be a very common response. It appears to me that the developer(s) approached this with the perspective of documents rather than usability by non "document" people. I may be quite incorrect, but this is the impression I have gained in trying to understand the application functions and terminology. It is not real supportive of people that just want to keep a library.
Meaningful documentation must not include having to go to a forum to understand basic operations. Please expend some of the volunteer effort to making understandable and detailed documentation.
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