Fwd: Re: Application duplication (was: Re: cdbakeoven)

[Carsten Pfeiffer]

On Saturday 20 April 2002 16:33, Thomas Zander wrote:

> Because you don't know which file-type to edit just yet.  Or in other words
> how will you differentiate between editing a c++ or a recipy text file. Or
> even with editing a pdf-file...

Bad example, we don't have Acrobat for Linux yet, so you're stuck with editing 
pdfs with a text-editor ;) If you want to edit something else than files, you 
choose "Edit Document", launching kword, IMHO. But you can't foresee the 
user's intended action (and you coudln't add all of them into the k-menu 
either), so it's always a compromise.

Going for the filemanager approach is not the perfect solution either, because 
you have to have to navigate all your way to the file you want to edit/open 
instead of using the application's "Recent Files" menu for example.

> Looking from the subject from a task-oriented view you have to combine your
> intended action with a mime-type to find out which application to start.

Yes. 

Cheers
Carsten Pfeiffer