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This reminds me of how Windows frustratingly hides file extensions by default. This sounds low-upside/high-downside to me, but it's the sort of thing with simpl

by jdashg 7y ago

This reminds me of how Windows frustratingly hides file extensions by default. This sounds low-upside/high-downside to me, but it's the sort of thing with simple arguments-for (easier for clueless users! Cleaner!), and nuanced arguments-against (eliding rarely-useful details in special cases causes ambiguity, and can lead to confusion is some cases, particularly for clueless users).

zzo38computer 7y ago
And, there is a setting to tell it to not do that, but even then, for some files it is hidden anyways. But, it is possible to use regedit to change it so that the extensions are not hidden even for those cases.
- sjs382 7y ago
  Editing Chrome flags is similar to editing the Windows registry. Here are the relevant settings: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-scheme chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-trivial-subdomains chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref
  - Jaruzel 7y ago
    Until they take those away. The Chrome devs have an annoying habit of removing flag options once they consider the 'feature' to be out of beta.
- zrobotics 7y ago
  On windows? I've never experienced/noticed this, what extensions are still hidden? Hidden files is a separate setting from hiding extensions (which is good), but I've never noticed a file that wouldn't display the extension after changing the setting. I can't remember specifically for any of the earlier versions, but this has been my experience on 7 & 10.
  - berns 7y ago
    .lnk is one such extension.
    - smush 7y ago
      I was going to disagree but on some enterprise W10 you are correct. I seem to remember W2K not doing this so I wonder when it changed...
mholt 7y ago
Finder on macOS does this too. It's maddening... There was an article recently about "hostile architecture" and this is similarly a "hostile software design" to prevent users from doing something the developers don't want them to do.
- Consultant32452 7y ago
  And requires you to jump through non-obvious hoops to make "hidden" files and folders visible.
  - twodayslate 7y ago
    Command + Shift + Period to show hidden files. To show extensions you can enable the setting in Finder's preferences under Advanced.
    - Consultant32452 7y ago
      Yeah, I have to google it every time I want to do this. It should be easy to find. Like maybe right click, show hidden files. Could be in the "View" menu. There's several obvious places it could/should be, but it's not. It's horrible ux.
    - mrkstu 7y ago
      Nice, didn't know that one- very handy.
  - dreamcompiler 7y ago
    And now ~/Library is invisible by default, so that's yet another thing I have to fix on any new installation.
    - sneak 7y ago
      https://github.com/sneak/osximage https://github.com/sneak/osximage - i encourage you to snag the user setup scripts from here. the complete nbi building is out of date as it’s fallen out of favor with current releases but the configuration scripts can all still just be batch run on a fresh install to make osx sane.
cm2187 7y ago
Particularly given that “maliciousfile.pdf.exe” gets displayed as “maliciousfile.pdf”

by jdashg 7y ago

zzo38computer 7y ago

And, there is a setting to tell it to not do that, but even then, for some files it is hidden anyways. But, it is possible to use regedit to change it so that the extensions are not hidden even for those cases.

sjs382 7y ago
Editing Chrome flags is similar to editing the Windows registry. Here are the relevant settings: chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-scheme chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-trivial-subdomains chrome://flags/#omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-path-query-and-ref
- Jaruzel 7y ago
  Until they take those away. The Chrome devs have an annoying habit of removing flag options once they consider the 'feature' to be out of beta.
zrobotics 7y ago
On windows? I've never experienced/noticed this, what extensions are still hidden? Hidden files is a separate setting from hiding extensions (which is good), but I've never noticed a file that wouldn't display the extension after changing the setting. I can't remember specifically for any of the earlier versions, but this has been my experience on 7 & 10.
- berns 7y ago
  .lnk is one such extension.
  - smush 7y ago
    I was going to disagree but on some enterprise W10 you are correct. I seem to remember W2K not doing this so I wonder when it changed...

mholt 7y ago

Finder on macOS does this too. It's maddening... There was an article recently about "hostile architecture" and this is similarly a "hostile software design" to prevent users from doing something the developers don't want them to do.

Consultant32452 7y ago
And requires you to jump through non-obvious hoops to make "hidden" files and folders visible.
- twodayslate 7y ago
  Command + Shift + Period to show hidden files. To show extensions you can enable the setting in Finder's preferences under Advanced.
  - Consultant32452 7y ago
    Yeah, I have to google it every time I want to do this. It should be easy to find. Like maybe right click, show hidden files. Could be in the "View" menu. There's several obvious places it could/should be, but it's not. It's horrible ux.
  - mrkstu 7y ago
    Nice, didn't know that one- very handy.
- dreamcompiler 7y ago
  And now ~/Library is invisible by default, so that's yet another thing I have to fix on any new installation.
  - sneak 7y ago
    https://github.com/sneak/osximage https://github.com/sneak/osximage - i encourage you to snag the user setup scripts from here. the complete nbi building is out of date as it’s fallen out of favor with current releases but the configuration scripts can all still just be batch run on a fresh install to make osx sane.

cm2187 7y ago

Particularly given that “maliciousfile.pdf.exe” gets displayed as “maliciousfile.pdf”