Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- From: Richard Schreyer <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:09:44 -0700
On Friday, September 7, 2001, at 01:56 PM, Erik M. Buck wrote:
What will happen if a directory contains two files that differ only by
extension and extensions are hidden ? I don't recall the paper
mentioning
that scenario. myFile.jpeg and myFile.tiff in the same directory.
All I can think of is that in such a case, every one of the files in
question automatically has it's 'hide extension' but turned off.
This should also happen in the case of Foo.app and foo.whatever. With
this new system, I guess people will be less surprised to see extensions
magically appearing, even on applications.
Another possibility is a warning dialog when you try to
rename/copy/move/save a file: 'this file will appear to have the same
name as this file/these other files', and an option to cancel, rename,
or rename and show all extensions (latter being the default).
Of course, if this should happen during a copy of multiple files, I
really hope to see 'yes to all' options, as I do for other errors during
copies.
Richard Schreyer