[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5821: [FileTypes] some images open in WebPositive
- From: "tangobravo" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:24:47 -0000
#5821: [FileTypes] some images open in WebPositive
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Reporter: diver | Owner: axeld
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1/alpha2
Component: Kits/Application Kit | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blockedby:
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Comment(by tangobravo):
It seems the issue stems from two possible interpretations of what a
super-type "preferred" app is actually for.
With ShowImage, it should probably be the "default" app for image/*
whereas StyledEdit is probably more of a fall-back for text/*. The correct
thing to do for these two cases is different, hence which solution is
better is not clear.
My vote would be for keeping the original behaviour, despite thinking that
it seemed a good solution when I read Stephan's commit. I like to
understand the decisions the OS is making on my behalf, and though I like
it to do the right thing, in some ways it's more helpful if it does the
wrong thing and yet it is clear why it has done that and it can be easily
fixed. Adding the additional layer of possibility to the app that might be
loaded (along with the intrinsically "random" choice) makes it harder to
come up with a good mental model of what's going on.
After breaking binary compatibility it would be good to separate the
concepts of preferred default handler and fall-back handler for the super-
type. In the fall-back case other applications that support the type would
win whereas in the default case the preferred super-type handler would
win.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/5821#comment:10>
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