Re: Hide extensions [Was: Nautilus]

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Le jeudi 22 d�mbre 2005 �2:14 +0100, Murray Cumming a �it :
> > On Iau, 2005-12-22 at 10:36 +0200, Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> >> capable of seeing the reasoning behind it... and can certainly believe
> >> it if somebody tells me that it in fact has been shown to reduce
> >> confusion among novice users.)
> >
> > Extensions are very much a windows property rather than a non-windows
> > tradition anyway. In terms of confusion the large number of attacks
> > based on extension hiding clearly indicate that it does confuse users to
> > a large degree and in dangerous ways
> 
> But doesn't Nautilus look inside the file to get the real MIME type (after
> showing a quick first guess by looking at the extension)? So wouldn't it
> be less of a problem for us?

It does so only when you select the file or double-click on it, IIRC.
This could be enough to help, but I admit I really hate this "hide
extensions" thing :-)

Vincent

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