Re: Type/Creator codes
Re: Type/Creator codes
- Subject: Re: Type/Creator codes
- From: Uli Zappe <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 16:28:38 +0200
Am Sonntag, 13. Mai 2001 um 15:38 schrieb Dave Horlick:
2. I have no immediate visual feedback on what to expect when I
double-click a file
What about *the icon*?
That doesn't help anything if which app the file will open in
depends on the creator, not the type.
Besides, as I wrote in another mail, you'd need an icon for each
possible extension (note that Unix programs define extensions, but
not respective icons).
I imagine that some Mac users (even some who subscribe to the
cocoa-dev mailing list) may appreciate not having to maintain a
dozen extension codes in their head at all times.
Maybe I'm not the visual type, but I certainly find it easier to
remember extensions than icons (though I'd certainly agree that
icons are easier to glimpse over than extensions)
I agree that creator codes don't work well for pictures, text
files, hypertext markup, and rich text documents. But what about
all the proprietary binary formats?
Proprietary binary formats become less and less, and hopefully soon
will be extinguished..
Bye
Uli
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