on 11/29/02 8:53 AM, Totte Alm at totte at code66 .DO.T se wrote:
Hi Totte,
> Ruslan, this is the story and the reasons as I've understood it. I myself LOVE
> the creator/filetype thing, but the world outside MacOS just doesnt get it.
>
> (1) We now can access other file systems VERY easy from OSX via SMB & NFS, and
> those filesystems dont have resourceforks, so we lose the info, leaving OSX
> blind without extensions.
Probably not OSX blind, but Windows will be blind if it will look on MAC HDD
and see files without extensions...
> (2) On the net, MIME-types are everything.
I am not aware with MIME. I need check this.
> (3) Apple want developers to use data-file resourceforks on our Bundled Apps,
> to allow apps to be freely moved on/off SMB/NFS volumes without becoming
> trashed.
This is clear.
So should I drop support of Creator/Type in VSDK ?
Then how files know icons to show ?
Before icons was inside of parent app, and OS have use them.
Now? Icons must be inside of files itself ?
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