J. Landman Gay wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
I wouldn't mind so much if the move were to adopt the Linux file system
(rumors that it would be the Sun file system died about a year before
that platform did), removing one more arbitrary distinction between Mac
and other platforms. But I guess we'll see what the removal of creator
codes is for somewhere down the road....
I think the rationale is explained pretty well at the link I mentioned:
<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/22/inside_snow_leopards_uti_apple_fixes_the_creator_code.html>
Apparently they were running out of creator code combinations, and it
was too limited to support some of the more advanced file management
Apple wants to implement:
"However, Apple didn't schedule a deprecation of Creator Codes just for
fun, or just to be lazy, or just to fit in with lowest common
denominator operating systems. Type and Creator Codes simply weren't
good enough to support new OS features Apple had on the drawing board.
Rather than trying to get by with doing less, Apple was set on doing
more, and Creator Codes weren't up to the task."
Thanks for the link, Jacque.
I figured there was a good reason for it, and like I said we'll have to
wait and see what they mean by "new OS features Apple had on the drawing
board".
Ars Technica provides a lot of good background on this too:
<http://arstechnica.com/search/#snow+leopard+creator+codes>
The irony with the current state of things is that it's ostensibly to
provide more capabilities, but at the moment provides fewer.
--
Richard Gaskin
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