Others wrote: MB> this is a job of the OS. KH> Well, it could be argued that it belongs somewhere in the filesystem,
That's a good point, Kurt. MB> do not assume that just because you have a solution that appears to work MB> that it is the correct one, and others are wrong. Sometimes the hassle of switching to a "new improved" system is too much because the old system is too ingrained. Too many wheels to re-invent. MB> BeOS so far is the only one to get it right. In the file attributes? That would work. MB> Mac OS got close but it makes the mistake of giving the MB> file creator precedence over the file type. They could fix that without too much re-work. Yuri
