[Tango-artists] A little help, please

[Matt Chaput]

> I imagine this dialog is for configuring which applications load what
> MIME types by default, rather than for configuring which types are
> present. In that regard, I might think of renaming the dialog to
> something more useful, perhaps "File Associations" or something  
> similar,
> and try to design a metaphor around that, rather than trying to come
> up with a metaphor for the more abstract "MIME" thing. :)

I agree that "File Associations" or even "What opens what" would be  
better names. I don't think they really suggest good icons either,  
though. :(

Apple gets around this problem by not having a central control panel  
interface for setting file associations, but rather making a context  
function of individual files ("Use this application to open all X  
files" on a file of type X). The functionality probably makes more  
sense to users when it's in the context of "how do I open *this* file?"

Matt