Re: Nautilus, metadata and extendet attributes

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn ant uni-bremen de>]

Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:

[snip]
> Sorry Olaf.  From any perspective you see it, the file extension should
> NOT mean anything special.  Using part of the file name to define a file
> type created one of the most complicated conundrums in computing.  The
> thing is, your brain is just used to them.  It shouldn't.  But you've
> lived all your life looking through green glasses, and you don't know
> blue and red.  That's okay.  But now that the glasses are off, please
> inform yourself on why it is wrong to use file extensions.
>
>
> > Regards,
> >
> > Olaf

You should not forget users that are working on the command line or use 
some tool like midnight commander (like i do). Using extensions to 
denote the filetype allows me to view immediately what stuff i have in 
my directory.
Also, it's still the fastest way. Once you have read the directory, you 
know the mime-types of all files within it.
If the user decides to use "wrong" extensions, it's his decision, and if 
the image viewer displays garbage because "pic.jpg" contains ascii, he 
can use the file command to check what's wrong.

>
> (file extensions could still be used during a short transition phase).

No, not during "a short transition time", but as long as users want it.
It must be configurable.

Heinrich
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