[Adium-devl] Ticket #4501

[Augie Fackler]

On Dec 7, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Chris Forsythe wrote:

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> On Dec 7, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Peter Hosey wrote:
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>> On Dec 07, 2007, at 10:19:26, Graham Booker wrote:
>>> A bundle also allows us to store some extra side information to
>>> allow for resumes.
>>
>> As Colin said, we can also do this with extended attributes.
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> 1) Do any other apps do this?
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> 2) Why change from something an apple app does (safari), which people
> will be used to?
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> 3) What value does extended attributes give us over bundles if they
> can do the same thing?

What I see is that extended attribs *lose* us the fact that the user  
sees clearly that it's an incomplete xfer because it shows with a  
different icon. iChat does this if I recall correctly. I can test if  
people really feel that strongly that bundles are Bad.

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> Chris
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