DeMoN LaG wrote:
>
> 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.
Yep, I'm just pointing it (the better way) out. 8)
> 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.
I don't think that's the main problem, but I'd heard of it happening
before: Unix .bin vs. Mac .bin, for example.
In any case, the real hassle with the using filename extensions is the
fact they are mutable - and hence liable to break. The main reason
no-one trusts what Window's thinks the type of a file is because it's so
easy for it to get it wrong. Save a file with the wrong extension,
download a file with the wrong extension, bring a file over from a Mac
and bang! The nice GUI suddenly stops working. Someone with a clue might
be able to fix it, but the point is that there shouldn't be a need to
fix it, let alone the fact that neither Joe or Jane Average hould have a
hope in hell of doing so, and so wouldn't be able to use the file they
just created/downloaded/copied.
Still, this *is* all way OT..
Mike.
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