Subject: Re: AppleVolumes.system need to be updated?
From: Steve Freitas (sflist@ihonk.com)
Date: Thu Aug 03 2000 - 01:05:48 EDT
David R Bosso sez:
>Maybe the defaults should use as much Apple stuff as possible. QuickTime
>Player, PictureViewer, and Simpletext for the common types that they
>handle. Not neccessarily my choices, but it could be a good compromise as
>the default settings.
Paul Krohn sez:
>well, my first thought is that trying to anticipate what people's
>preferences will be is for the birds. i would be to choose the openest
>and free-est defaults, with good instructions on how to customize.
Sounds logical to me. So is the next logical step to go through the file
and make the assignments?
>does
>anyone know, offhand, which of the pointing-to-graphicconverter file
>types can be handled by the ubiquitous PictureViewer?
Quickest way to find out would probably be to grab a slew of questionable
pictures (filetypes, not content) and try them out.
Steve
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