> Mostly you see it with text files. Most read me files default to > Simple Text because a Mac is guaranteed to have it. Then you'll have > text files associated with your actual text editor-since Simple Text > probably isn't your real app of choice for writing anything over five > lines. Then you can have more specialized text files like html files > linked to a text editor and others linked to a browser because your a > web designer and that's more convenient, or whatever your situation may > be. >
One nice thing about Windows is that you can add as many programs as you want to your context menu, so regarding HTML files, I have it set to open on double click in IE, but if I right click on an HTML file, I can also choose to open it in Wordpad or Dreamweaver, or anywhere else I put in the list. So it's quite customizable. > One of the most glaring problems I've found when I worked on an NT > station was dealing with video files. I had Quicktime, Media Player, > and Real Player all installed and they all seemed to be constantly > fighting over which documents they controlled. There was probably a > way to avoid that, but I couldn't find it. It drove me quite mad. That's RealPlayer's fault. QuickTime and Media Player coexist quite nicely, but RealPlayer is constantly trying to steal all the file associations for itself. I actually don't even have it installed for that exact reason. Plus I don't even think it's worth installing, because the quality of Real video doesn't compare with QuickTime (the best overall quality) or Media Player (the best quality for highly compressed video streams). [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
