Getting word to NOT save in the IE CREATOR TAG

[John Wolf]

Try saving a file as a web page in Word and then having to MANUALLY change
the open with tab to Safari or FireFox. This is a PAIN. Why did MS do this
when they know that IE is DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD on the Mac?

Macs have for ages used TYPE/CREATOR tags and MS still thinks that IE has
life on the Mac when it has been dead for ages.

In Mac 9 there was a program where one could change type/creator tags in the
finder but cant remember the name.


John

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Try saving a file as a web page in Word and then having to MANUALLY change
the open with tab to Safari or FireFox. This is a PAIN. Why did MS do this
when they know that IE is DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD on the Mac?

Macs have for ages used TYPE/CREATOR tags and MS still thinks that IE has
life on the Mac when it has been dead for ages.

In Mac 9 there was a program where one could change type/creator tags in the
finder but cant remember the name.


John

ResEdit and It was equally as dangerous as Terminal is on OSX

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

ResEdit and It was equally as dangerous as Terminal is on OSX

It stands for Resource Editor. OS 9, and lower, used a two fork file
system each application/file (whatever), used a Resource fork and a Data
Fork. The Data fork held the Data. The Resource fork held the resources
needed to tell proper application what to do and how to open and with
which application (Word,Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, etc) to open with.

During the period from System 1 up until system 9.2.2 it was virtually
impossible for virus writers to write malicious Virus. you ether removed
the offending component and replaced with a fresh copy. or you removed
the to system database file B and F to trash restarted the computer, a
fresh database system would be created and you went on your merry way.
And fast, systems Previous to OSX loaded fast , fast, fast. Even if you
had a whole finder window full of Control panels and extensions.

But as with most progress you jump to something else that is slow and
takes longer to load.

OSX is a RISC system (reduced instruction Set Computing) system that
takes advantage of larger chips. the command s are withing the system.
OS9 and lower were CISC system (Complex Instruction Set Computing) all
the system commands were burned in the chip. reason why the were faster
to load and faster to respond to commands.

 

[John Wolf]

Actually my Tiger based Mac boots up much faster than the old Performa I had
5 years ago.

 

[John McGhie]

In Mac OS X it's called "Finder".

Simply use Get Info to assign that file kind to a different browser.

Mac OS X doesn't use Type/Creator tags either, any longer. It "supports"
them, for old file types. But Apple suggests that they should not be used
by modern applications: they are officially deprecated.

The thing that determines the outcome in the Unix-based Mac OS X is the file
extension.

Microsoft doesn't actually use the "IE" tags, it uses the "Microsoft" tags
(same thing...) because it would be a breach of another companies' copyright
to use anything else. Simply assign the tags to your favourite browser and
the problem is solved.

Cheers

Try saving a file as a web page in Word and then having to MANUALLY change
the open with tab to Safari or FireFox. This is a PAIN. Why did MS do this
when they know that IE is DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD on the Mac?

Macs have for ages used TYPE/CREATOR tags and MS still thinks that IE has
life on the Mac when it has been dead for ages.

In Mac 9 there was a program where one could change type/creator tags in the
finder but cant remember the name.


John

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