[Tango-artists] A little help, please

[Luchezar Petkov]

Hi again.
The dialog is now renamed to "File Associations". :)
I'll try to think of something later, now will get some sleep. If you have
any ideas..?
Thank you.

On 11/13/06, Matt Chaput <matt at sidefx.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
>


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Luchezer P. Petkov
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