[openbeos] Re: FreeDesktop.org collaboration ?
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:14:12 +0100 CET
> > For example we do have a mime db. They try to standardize that kind
> > of stuff, and have a central repository for them. That's the
> > example
> > of things we could maybe work together on, without complying to
> > every of their recommendations.
>
> This is interesting because this review
> http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/11
> claims that MacOS X's file typing solution UTI is better than MIME
> And since mac is a standard unified desktop, maybe it makes more
> sense
> to look what they are doing.
Yes they use multiple keywords, a bit like some website now use (tags).
It seems quite powerful but I'm not sure it's all settled down yet.
Maybe that's something for R2.
In the mean time we could still do stuff with mimes.
François.
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