Hans-Georg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> And so every way to show only a specific extension should be =20
> forbidden?

At least that is not what I would expect from an application written for
the Mac (rather than being ported from Windows, without consideration
given to Macintosh conventions). I positively hate it when an
application restricts the way I use file extensions, requires me to use
certain file extensions, or use extensions at all when I would rather not.

> Let's see, what the mothership says:

All they say is that when you create files that will be used on
different platforms, file extensions are quite useful. That isn't
exactly news; it's been like that for decades.

To me, HTML, XML, PHP etc. files are all text files. If I create an HTML
file with a certain HTML editor, I want the file to be opened by its
creator, i.e. that HTML editor, when I double-click it. But I still want
to be able to open the file with any application that can open text
files, using drag&drop or File/Open. The file extension serves just one
purpose: when I upload the file to a web server, the extension tells the
server how to interpret the file. But that's got nothing to do with
opening the file on my computer.

- Michael


Michael J. Hußmann

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