28 Aug
2006
28 Aug
'06
2:22 p.m.
When did the notion of "file types" creep
into computing?
Hmmm... poorly phrased. How about: "When did the notion of
file *associations* (?) creep in?".
I think that this is a logical extension of a Graphical User Interface. As
such Apple is likely to be the one to "blame" for it.
persists? Has Apple abandoned the "hidden"
file creator
attributes of earlier MacOS in newer OS's (e.g., OS X)?
Or, have they bowed to user pressure and implemented a
"me-too" scheme?
Sadly Apple went with the NeXT way of doing things with Mac OS X. There
seems to be very little of the Classic Mac OS in Mac OS X. While I think
that getting rid of resource forks is a good thing, was it really necessary
to drop the file creator attributes? Very frequently I have files of a
certain type .JPEG for example, where I want to open certain files of that
type with one program, and others with another. With the file creator
attributes this worked just fine. With the Microsoft & Mac OS X "one size
fits all" attitude, only one app will be associated with *ALL* files with
that extension.
Zane