Novice seeking help with PSD vs. JPEG in PSE12

I am changing from PSE8 to PSE12 and realized upon trying 12 today that PSE12 automatically saves my edited pictures in PSD format where PSE8 saved them in JPEG.  I don't use the organizer for catalogs, instead opening up folders where I've saved my pictures (e.g. Christmas 2013)and editing the photos I like in PSE8 and then saving them back in that same folder.  It may not be the 'right' way, but it works for me.  The picture I tried using PSE12 on, saved in the PSD format which isn't viewable in those folders (windows picture viewer is the default).  I truly only use PSE for improving pics I like and want to share/email, use as my desktip background, post to Facebook, and print for myself or gifts via uploading to a photo printing service (Mpix, Walmart, etc.)  Is there a way to have PSE12 default to saving as JPEG or should I be saving everything as PSD?  I get that PSD only works with PS and takes more space, but doesn't cause loss of quality of the pictures the way JPEG does ~ I'm just not sure it's important for the way I use PSE.  Help for a novice?

Save as Tiff instead. You don't really want to save as jpeg unless you're certain you're not going to edit anymore and as you've discovered, PSD isn't well understood by other programs. Tiff lets you keep your layers and not have any quality loss like you'd get from saving as jpeg over and over.

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