Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines [Fairly Long]
Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines [Fairly Long]
- Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines [Fairly Long]
- From: Eugene Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:35:23 -0700
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On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 02:53:01PM -0400, Tyler LaGrange wrote:
[about filename extensions]
: I can't help but feel that this is a sad way of admitting defeat -
: instead of fighting to say "Yes - we are correct and file metadata
: should be done this way - but we will add some extra system level
: features to make it work right with your inferior operating systems
: until you catch up with us". That is the apple I want to support.
Windozes user filename extensions. Most Internet things use filename
extensions. This is not a majority that Apple can win over by ignoring
filename extensions. I think that Apple has done a smart thing to make
OS X a better computer citizen.
Besides, if metadata is not portable, it does not exist.
--
Eugene Lee
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