Folder syntax simplification

Say I've got a variable "var" in a data folder "Folder". I can refer to it with root:Folder:var, or if I'm in the root folder, :Folder:var. In that case I wish I could just type Folder:var. It's only one character difference, but psychologically it seems much easier, especially when explaining this to an end-user who is not accustomed to dealing with data folders. Any chance of making this change? I realize it is probably more complicated than it seems.