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'Type Manager' The File Manager of Tomorrow?
IceFox writes "In the past few years many of us have been introduced to a new type of application, the Type Manager. Most of us are familiar with iTunes, but there are many other Type Managers out there that are gaining market share and a rabid fan base of users such as digiKam and amaroK. Type Managers seem to have that magic combinations of features that makes users love them. I have been taken a closer look at the Type Manager, what makes them so usefull, what they really provide for the user and came to some surprising results. After creating a list of all the traits of a Type Manager I was able to define exactly what a file manager should be and discovered that there are in fact many partial Type Managers out there now that implemented only half of what makes up a full Type Manager."
...should learn to Type Type Manager Less.
I hope I'm not the only one that had to wonder what iTunes and amaroK had to do with Adobe Type Manager and Suitcase.
Could he come up with a more generic and confusion-prone buzzword than 'Type Manager'?!
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He's got all the qualifications:
1. Can't spell
2. Horrible site layout
3. Rambling article trying to make himself look smarter than he is.
It's hard to tell if he's got the self-delusion and inattention to detail fully down, but we could be looking at a Malda clone here.
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now we need a /. type manager to edit out the dupes and shitty articles bumble heads put up here. I shall dub it the SLASHCRAP manager.
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They're cromulently embiggened of course.
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What's needed is a class library which speeds the creation of Type Managers. It should have a Document base class which applications could extend to contain document info, and a View base class which would abstract the user interface. Both would have base methods for all the common stuff, and you'd extend them with the specifics of what you're trying to do. There'd be Views derived classes based on common widgets, like dialogs and lists.
Additionally, there'd be a way for software components to register as viewers of file types in some global database, so that they could integrate with the default shell and display previews. They should also be able to open the type manager or print, perhaps integrating into shell's context menus.
Yup, welcome to Windows 95 with a bunch of MFC applications, COM components and the registry.
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I have been taken a closer look at the Type Manager, what makes them so usefull, what they really provide for the user and came to some surprising results.
When it manages basic spelling and grammar, count me in.
Still, the thoughtless creation of Meaningless Pseudo-Buzzwords (MPB) does run rampant among the illiterati.
In response to this plague of drivel (POD), the international community has decided to adopt new procedures. (um. that's us)
Effective immediately, all MPB's are to be reviewed for acceptance by DIVOT (Departmente Internacional for Verification Of Truth). Just as the creation of TLA's is regulated by the ACT, DIVOT's management of MPB's will help improve global communications.
And stop with the new TLA's, already. We here at the ACT (Acronym Creation Team)don't appreciate this kind of interference by MIA's (Mis-Informed Amateurs).
I think you just summoned Cthulhu with that.
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you posted in the article, you can't moderate it. RTFM, n00b. It's right here http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#cm1800. Geez. n00b.
Oh, wait, I just dissed a moderator didn't I? Braces for a few comments to get bitchslapped.
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who the fuck gave this guy a license to make up new technical definitions on the fly ?
Those responsible have been sacked.
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Just kidding.
I agree....instead of criticizing the guy, maybe people could add some insight on to how to quickly and easily manage their own files besides using iTunes?
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He's still going strong. Apparently he wasn't sacked. What now?
Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.
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My personal assistant manages all my typing thanks.
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