On Jul 10, 2013, at 7:01 AM, Peter Hudson wrote: > Now I can set an ID, the docs suggest the format > com.companyDomainName.appName for the directory name in Application Support. > I notice that very few other applications use this format - they tend to use > just the name of the app. > > Is there a good reason to follow the suggested naming convention ?
For what it's worth, my apps all used to use the application name, but are moving to using the bundle identifier. One good reason to use it is that it's unique and consistent with file names elsewhere, such as in the Preferences folder. It's not major, but it certainly makes sense to me. One *downside* to using it: if your application uses your app's name as a file extension for document packages, your app support folder becomes a file package as well. Oops. My guess is, like Quincey's, that Application Support should never be opened by a user (see the fact that ~/Library is completely hidden now) and Apple decided to change the convention. Either way, it's not important to anything AFAICT. -- Seth Willits _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
