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At the same time: extensions are a poor way to communicate with the user, largely arbitrary and very fragile. If they were going to make a change in the name o

by roc 17y ago

At the same time: extensions are a poor way to communicate with the user, largely arbitrary and very fragile. If they were going to make a change in the name of consistency, they could have done better.

CrLf 17y ago
It used to be the case that the file's icon represented the file's type. But with icon previews, that's no longer the case, so the extension is the only visible means of conveying the file type.
- moe 17y ago
  They could overlay a small line of text or sub-icon over the actual icon, though.