[openbeos] Re: resource files, application signatures, and icons

  • From: "Nathan Whitehorn" <nathan.whitehorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:31:44 EDT (-0400)

> "shatty" <shatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  ...
> > 1. application/x-vnd.OBOS.Dial-UpNetworking
> > 2. application/x-vnd.obos.pdfwriter
> > 3. application/x-vnd.obos-stylededit
> > 4. application/x-vnd.Be-PULS
> 
> (NetPositive:  application/x-vnd.Be-NPOS)
> 
> I'd vote for (3), with '-' and all lowercase.
> 
> Even though MIME's are supposed to be case-insensitive
> it's best to stick to all lowercase.

This naming convention is left over from DR8 and earlier, when 
application sigs were four-letter codes (like the MacOS). Be was just 
lazy and appended the four-letter codes to "application/x-vnd.Be-". Do 
we really want to perpetuate this kind of uninformative cruft?
-Nathan

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