On 5/31/05 5:40 PM, Chris Espinosa didst favor us with:
> This is due to the introduction of Spotlight and the spread of Uniform Type
> Identifiers (UTIs) through Apple application Info.plist files. UTIs are a
> more precise mechanism for denoting the content type of files, but in some
> ways they overlap the functionality of type/creator attributes and
> extensions. LaunchServices, which determines what icon a file has and what
> application is used to open it by default, now puts a file's UTI bindings at a
> higher precedence than its file extension binding or its type/creator
> binding. Because some applications don't assign UTIs yet,
Some? SOME? In the real world wouldn't "most" be far more accurate? I don't
think *any* application I use supports UTIs. Not one.
> apps that do assign a UTI are now "claiming" files that used to be owned by
> apps that do not assign UTIs.
>
> More on UTIs is explained at
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/understanding_utis/
> index.html
>
> The LaunchServices team knows about this problem and is looking at ways to
> address it.
Oh good, another reason to be glad I haven't upgraded to Tiger. Why didn't
the Launch Services team look into this *before* Tiger was released? Sorry,
but this is just another example of one or more people at Apple not thinking
about how real people use their computers. They seem oblivious to the fact
that most people will continue using existing applications and expect
consistent behaviors, instead thinking that the only applications anyone
will want to use will be the shiny new applications installed with the
latest version of Mac OS X. As the author of a file utility, I hear feedback
from users about various versions of the OS, and they definitely have some
issues with Tiger. I'm not really complaining, though, because those people
are asking me to deliver features to compensate. :-)
Larry
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