>Are you saying that most of the Windows-based file browser and
>file-manager stuff won't even let you see the entire filename?
>That would be a most horrible design for an OS that supposedly
>supports long file names. With a file manager like that you
>might think you are clicking on an image file and accidently
>run an EXE. Then you might loudly exclaim "Ooops!" along with
>some other expletives. You might even shout out some vulgar
>names for various excretory functions and reproductive activities,
>even if you are a churchlady. Is Windows really that bad?
>Sam Heywood
Strange as it may seem, Windows closes the windows on what the user should see.
A file name like readme.txt.pif or readme.txt.vbs shows as readme.txt, and the
recipient thinks it's perfectly safe to view that file. But with associations
between file name extension and program that acts on such a file, the recipient
clicks on what looks like readme.txt, but what executes is something unexpected.
