Re: Nautilus, metadata and extendet attributes



El vie, 30-01-2004 a las 11:53, Olaf Frączyk escribió:
> On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 17:48, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
> > El vie, 30-01-2004 a las 05:02, Olaf Frączyk escribió:
> > 
> > 
> > > 1. You hide extension
> > > 2. You sniff file content, and decide what it is :)
> > > Again:
> > > Windows makes use of extensions dangerous only if the above points are
> > > true.
> > 
> > No.  The usage of extensions is dangerous, period.  The fact that the
> I ask for ages: why? Many people are screaming that it dangerous, but no
> one shown any scenario how it can be dangerous.

Trust me.  It is.  You're witnessing it on the Windows world. 
Furthermore, if you SHOW extensions instead of hiding them, you're
compounding the problem because that causes user confusion (you can't
expect everyone to be born knowing what DOC, PCX, XLS and stuff means,
and if you can help them into not needing to know, so much the better).

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Olaf
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