Re: why AOL wont use MOZ: The problem and the solution

[DeMoN LaG]

Michael Gratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 24 Sep 2001: 

> 
> 
> DeMoN LaG wrote:
> > [snip]
> 
>> File associations mean I can have anything that ends in .mp3  be
>> sent to Sonique to play. 
> 
> 
> Yep, but using file name extensions for storing file type metadata
> is an extremely evil kluge.
> 
> Have a read:
>    <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q3/metadata/metadata-1.html>
> 
> Hopefully, more OS's will get it right in the future.
> 

I don't doubt that there are better ways out there.  However, 
considering someone said you can't just double click on something and 
have it open for you vs possibly having overlapping file formats is two 
different arguments.  For what it's worth, I've been using a Windows OS 
for approx 8 years (from Win 3.x to Win 2k now), and I've never run into 
a problem with two different programs I own using the same extension for 
their files.  Maybe in some weird environment this is a problem for some 
people, but I would say the vast majority of people will never encounter 
a problem of program A and program B both using the file extention 
".xyz" 

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