----- Original Message ----- From: iain <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, December 25, 2003 11:55 am Subject: Re: Suggestion for file type detection approach > On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 14:48 -0300, Fabio Gomes wrote: > However... > > > DETECTION BY SUFFIX > > 1.Allows wrong results on invalid input (files with wrong > > suffixes) > > Cannot be fixed to run correctly. Yes it can, the file suffix can be changed. There is nothing more frustrating than opening a dir of mp3's in nautilus and have it take over 2 min to display the files. While in windows it takes the blink of an eye. I am all for nautilus using the extension when available and sniffing when appropriate (a file missing a suffix or when requested by the user) just my .02 > > Which is more common > a) Files which are badly named? > b) Files which are funny and nautilus sniffs the wrong thing? c) Nautilus bringing a system to its knees every time a dir with a large amount of files is opened? > iain > -- > > -- > nautilus-list mailing list > nautilus-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
