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The advantage is you don't show something that laymen probably wouldn't want to change 99% of the time. That way they don't do it by accident and mess up their
by dataflow 5y ago
The advantage is you don't show something that laymen probably wouldn't want to change 99% of the time. That way they don't do it by accident and mess up their files. Not every user even knows what a "file extension" is in the first place. Or whether/when it should be changed. See if your grandma can comprehend that error message.
- anoncake 5y agoWindows already asks if you're sure when you try to change a file's extension.
- dataflow 5y agoI already addressed this. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27476900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27476900
- userbinator 5y agoYou show extensions to users not so they can change them, but so they can see that a file is actually a .jpg instead of a .exe with the icon of a .jpg.