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To give one example: Windows Explorer has been extensible since Windows 95. That was 21 years ago. Dropbox has to pull nasty hacks to integrate with the macOS
by brassic 10y ago
To give one example: Windows Explorer has been extensible since Windows 95. That was 21 years ago. Dropbox has to pull nasty hacks to integrate with the macOS Finder [1]. That's now.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338
- st3v3r 10y agoThat's not really an OS level thing, though. That's an application level thing. Finder was chosen not to be extensible, and Explorer was. There are Finder replacements that are.
- paulddraper 10y agoOS is usually taken to mean kernel + core applications. Are Explorer and Finder "core"? Probably.