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The Amiga had an equivalent: every visible icon was accompanied by a small metadata file appended with .info (More information here: http://krashan.ppa.pl/artic
by fractallyte 6y ago
The Amiga had an equivalent: every visible icon was accompanied by a small metadata file appended with .info (More information here: http://krashan.ppa.pl/articles/amigaicons/ http://krashan.ppa.pl/articles/amigaicons/). But it didn't 'pollute' the filesystem, and was far more manageable.
Haiku does things differently, and elegantly: https://medium.com/@probonopd/my-sixth-day-with-haiku-under-the-hood-of-resources-icons-and-packages-abec8d0e4ec6 https://medium.com/@probonopd/my-sixth-day-with-haiku-under-...)
- takeda 6y agoBecause the <name>.info was created by you (its major purpose was to have a custom icon to a program, drawer (directory) etc.). If a file did not have corresponding .info file it wouldn't show up in the UI (unless you selected option to show all files). I miss Amiga :)