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BeOS used mime types. Practical File System Design with the Be File System - http://www.nobius.org/dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf http://www.nobius.org/d
by ksherlock 6y ago
BeOS used mime types.
Practical File System Design with the Be File System - http://www.nobius.org/dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf http://www.nobius.org/dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf
- ecpottinger 6y agoBeOS and Haiku not only used MIME types but they also use the magic number approach to add a MIME type to a file if they only got the raw file. Also unless I read the docs wrong SmallTalk added MIME types for creator/editor/viewer to a file. So you could find what created a file but could tell the OS to use a different program to edit the file and even still another program to just view the contents. Please correct me if I am wrong.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoWin95 has MIME too in a bolted on sort of way. I think the only application is to associate them with a file extension so that email attachments via MAPI will get the right MIME type.
- alisonkisk 6y agoNot sure about win5 but I thought windows in general used a mimetype database for associating file extensions to types and types to programs.