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: Alex Curylo <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:51:11 -0700
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Given this fact, why not propose a system whereby the OS is actually
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able to interrogate files as to what they are in order to assist with
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decisions about what applications can actually handle the file?
We have that, to some extent, QuickTime's ::GetGraphicsImporterForFile().
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What I'm thinking of is that application bundles could have an
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additional CFPlugIn included that could be loaded by the Finder (or
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whatever). These plugins would communicate with their loader...
*nods sagely* QuickTime calls them "GraphicsImporter components".
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Now, someone is going to immediately pipe up and say "but that would be
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too slow!". Maybe, maybe not.
Well, actually, yes. Compared to nice fast metadata, anyway.
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