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: Jonathan Hendry <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:35:08 -0500
On Friday, September 7, 2001, at 04:40 , R. Tony Goold wrote:
Since this is a user interface issue, and since the purpose of the
extension is to tell the user what type of file each is, I think icons
provide enough distinction.
Contrary case 1:
When files have image-thumbnail icons with no indication of type.
Case 2:
When icons distinguish type by words. Example, Preview.app icons
for various image types, incorporating "GIF" or "JPEG" etc.
At small icon sizes, such as in Open/Save panels, the words
are indistinguishable apart from their length.
Whenever the Finder is forced to use a generic document icon, that ought
to tell it that it needs to ignore the hide-extension bit and show the
extension anyway.
There may not be an extension.