On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:29:34PM +0200, I. Oppenheim wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Phil Taylor wrote:
> 
> > The classic MacOS does not use file extensions to identify files,
> > instead there are two four-character fields associated with files,
> > called the creator and file type signatures.  The old version of
> > BarFly can only open files of type "TEXT".
> 
> > ResEdit can only fix one file at a time, but there
> > are several free or shareware programs which can
> > operate on multiple files
> 
> Hmm, apparently UNIX is not the only OS that can be
> somewhat less than intuitive :-(

They all have to be learnt.

"The only intuitive user interface is the nipple".

-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
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