Re: [Planner] File extension

[Christoph Begall <ramirez johalla de>]

Regarding the file extension:
What is the normal GNOME way of doing this? I think it is to append
.<appname>, which seems quite reasonable to me.

If somebody wants to put this in preferences, it should be stated very
clearly, why this is so important. Otherwise one ends up with too many
things in the preferences dialog, which normally will never be changed.

The general trend seems to be to use less options (see epiphany vs.
galeon). 

Am Do, den 01.01.2004 schrieb Waldemar Augustyn um 01:37:
> Sheldon Simms wrote:
> > --- Waldemar Augustyn <waldemar nxp com> wrote:
> >     
> >       
> >   
> > > > > 1. Extension.It would be nice to abandon this very long ".mrproject" suffix.
> > > > > Three-letter extensions seem to be a  norm. *.pln or *.pnr ???  
> > > > >         
> >     
> >   
> > > > The extension is a bit long, agreed. I'm not sure if it really matters though?
> > > >       
> >   
> > > OK, I did.
> > > 
> > > I think this is one of those little annoyances that turn people off.
> > > Most expect three letters extensions, I would give it to them.
> > > Planner is generally pretty good wrt the usability issues.
> > > Very few in-your-face Unixisms.  That's good.
> > >     
> > I have to comment on this. The length of the file extension is NOT a usability
> > issue. You talk about "in-your-face Unixisms" without bothering to acknowledge
> > the facts -- that a three letter extension on a file name is an archaic remnant
> > of a dead operating system and is itself an "in-your-face" Microsoftism.
> > 
> > You say "Most expect three letter extensions" but what you really mean is "I expect
> > three letter extensions" or equivalently "I have such an emotional commitment to
> > whatever Microsoft Windows does, that I can't accept any deviation whatsoever".
> >   
> > My advice to you is to simply get over it and accept that fact that only a complete
> > idiot would reject a program because it adds ".mrproject" to the end of its files
> > by default. I prefer no extension at all. Using an extension to specify the contents
> > of the file is ridiculous. It is possible to change the extension of any arbitrary
> > file to ".exe" in Windows, and Windows is stupid enough to try and run it. Do you
> > really think that's a good thing?!
> >   
> Three letter extensions have been widely accepted.  It does not matter
> who originated them (certainly not MS, their existence predates the
> first IBM PC).  I do not see the point of Planner fighting that war. 
> I believe it is in the product's best interest to go with the flow on
> things that "do not matter".
> 
> 
> > My suggestion on the matter is to add a preferences dialog where the user can
> > select whatever extension he wants, or eliminate the extension entirely. A newly
> > installed Planner could have a default file extension of ".planner" or something
> > similar (".mrproject" is wrong because the program isn't called "Mr. Project"
> > any more). That way, the default would make sense, people like me could remove
> > the extension altogether, and pointy-haired bosses, Microsoft sycophants, and
> > other conformists could invent some a three letter extension.
> >   
> That's fine as long as it does not insist on appending anything.
> 
> >   
> 
> 
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