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: Peter Ammon <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 01:24:36 -0400
On Saturday, September 8, 2001, at 07:49 PM, Erik M. Buck wrote:
If you use a stand alone non-networked Mac then the changes Apple plans
will
not effect you at all. They said that the addition and visibility of
extensions would be optional. Just don't do it.
It does look good on paper, I admit.
If your home account in on a network server and/or all of your
applications
are on a network server then you don't have any choice not to use
extensions
and the new system will make life easier.
I suppose all we can do is wait and see how it works. If, indeed, it
works transparently, then that's fantastic. But right now, it seems to
me like a step backwards towards an obsoleted system that everyone else
is trying to get away from.
That said, Apple's solution is quite a bit nicer than Windows' all or
nothing approach to filesystem extension visibility.
-Peter