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[OT] Re: Stupid, Stupid Text Features [Was: Can't set creator type]
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[OT] Re: Stupid, Stupid Text Features [Was: Can't set creator type]


  • Subject: [OT] Re: Stupid, Stupid Text Features [Was: Can't set creator type]
  • From: Helmut Fuchs <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:39:34 +0100

At 12:58 Uhr -0800 24.02.2004, John W. Baxter wrote:
One could, of course, designate a file as text by naming it blah.txt, but
that wouldn't do for the rest of us. ;-)

For an interesting discussion of WHY this shouldn't do for the rest of us:
<http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q3/metadata/metadata-1.html>

Sorry for pasting so off topicly, but I really think this should be recommended reading for those guys who made MacOS X so un-Mac like...

Regards,

Helmut
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