Re: [Usability] Faded File Extensions

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On 3 Jan, 2006, at 2:55 AM, David Christian Berg wrote:
> If you have the same image as .png and .jpg, there's no point in 
> giving it different names, is there? If I have my business card as an 
> svg and a pdf, why give them different names?? In these cases the most 
> reasonable thing to do is to rely on extensions or for that part on 
> some other indication of the format.

Occasionally I keep two or more versions of a file from different 
dates. When I do, I mention the date in the filenames -- for example, 
"Business card 2004" and "Business card 2005". That doesn't mean Gnome 
should incorporate the modification date into every filename.

It's the same for filetypes. Occasionally I save the same file in two 
or more formats. When I do, I can mention the filetype in the filenames 
-- for example, "Business card (SVG)" and "Business card (PDF for print 
shop)". That doesn't mean Gnome should incorporate the filetype into 
every filename.

> But as for now there is no other indication granted as soon as you 
> have thumbs turned on and thumbs help you finding, what you're looking 
> for.

Perhaps filetype indicators could be overlaid on thumbnails, in the 
same way as they're currently overlaid on the generic document icon.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/