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: jgo <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 05:27:21 -0700
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2001-09-08 Mark Munz wrote:
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It seems like what you want is the Finder to be able to let
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you change the creator / type of a file. Then ask for that
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feature, and not the desire to change the definition of what
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kind of file it is based on what the user calls it (mypic.tiff
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vs. mypic.jpg -- if I rename one "mypic", which type is
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it then?).
There are at least 3 characteristics/options: file type,
file creator, preferred application to be launched on double-click
As noted, already, it is often reasonable to drop a file
of some type on an app whose "will accept" settings may not
be aware of that particular type.
It is mildly annoying for a file's type to affect the
file's name, though... only mildly.
John G. Otto, Eagle Scout, Knight, Cybernetic Praxeologist
Existence, Consciousness, Identity, Life, Liberty, Property, Privacy, Justice