you know what’s even dumber is that windows never learnt to identify files apart from its extension. every other modern operating system (e.g. everything unixlike) knows how to identify files even without file extensions
Yeah but then I can’t tell what filetypes they are. Having the type directly in the name is an awesome convention. And theoretically, it prevents the os from having to read every file’s contents. And it’s good for not having to use thumbnails. So you can have more condensed file browsing. It’s also better for proprietary filetypes and new things since the os doesn’t need to know wtf something is.
Your logic reminds me of using nondescript variable names in programming. Yes, the system will probably know, but I’m the user, I’m the person this is all for. And it’s good convention to have good naming convention. File extensions are nice to have and good convention.
Mmmm… As long as the os treated it as separate from the filename. One of the reasons extensions exist is so that the name of the file doesn’t encroach with the self-identifying-filetype/extension. If you put it at the front as a prefix, you would lose the ability to have EITHER names of files OR extensions as separatable and simultaneous ordering systems.
So dumb that windows hides the file extension as default.
One of the first things I have to change on any PC I get my hands on. Same as mouse acceleration.
When i was a windows user, setting it to show file extensions was one of the first things that i would do after a installation
you know what’s even dumber is that windows never learnt to identify files apart from its extension. every other modern operating system (e.g. everything unixlike) knows how to identify files even without file extensions
Yeah but then I can’t tell what filetypes they are. Having the type directly in the name is an awesome convention. And theoretically, it prevents the os from having to read every file’s contents. And it’s good for not having to use thumbnails. So you can have more condensed file browsing. It’s also better for proprietary filetypes and new things since the os doesn’t need to know wtf something is.
Your logic reminds me of using nondescript variable names in programming. Yes, the system will probably know, but I’m the user, I’m the person this is all for. And it’s good convention to have good naming convention. File extensions are nice to have and good convention.
fair enough but i have the unpopular opinion that file extensions should be a prefix not a suffix so that all files of the same type sort together
Mmmm… As long as the os treated it as separate from the filename. One of the reasons extensions exist is so that the name of the file doesn’t encroach with the self-identifying-filetype/extension. If you put it at the front as a prefix, you would lose the ability to have EITHER names of files OR extensions as separatable and simultaneous ordering systems.
Given that I have worked with people who got confused when the start button stopped having the word “Start” on it I am going to disagree with you.
I can totally see somebody putting in a ticket because “it kept adding letters to the end of the file name when they saved”.
Especially since it only associates by file extension.
It’s unreal! I don’t use it but sometimes I have to touch one and I honestly can’t tell how anyone gets anything done.