[haiku-development] Re: MIME types.
- From: PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:33:48 +0200
> So, There are 3 ways I can see to change this:
>
> 1 - Merge supertype in subtypes.
>
> MP3 Audio File
> AudioAttr1
> AudioAttr2
> ...
> MP3Attr1
> MP3Attr2
> ...
>
> WAV Audio File
> AudioAttr1
> AudioAttr2
> ...
> WAVAttr1
> WAVAttr2
> ...
>
> 2 - Implement explicity hierarchy (using another menu level).
>
> Audio
> AudioAttr1
> AudioAttr2
> ...
> MP3 Audio File
> MP3Attr1
> MP3Attr2
> ...
> WAV Audio File
> WAVAttr1
> WAVAttr2
> ...
>
> 3 - Consider the supertype as a different type.
>
> Audio
> AudioAttr1
> AudioAttr2
> ...
> MP3 Audio File
> MP3Attr1
> MP3Attr2
> ...
>
> WAV Audio File
> WAVAttr1
> WAVAttr2
> ...
>
> What do you guys think? I personally would prefer 1 or 2 (in this order).
>
> -Bruno
>
>
I think number 2 is clearer about what is common to mp3 and wav and
what is separate. Plus, you'll probably use the mother attributes most
of the time in Tracker, so having deep submenus may not be a problem.
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