In message Wolf K wrote:
If we're talking about choosing a program to open a file, extenions
aren't needed. It would be easy to ensure that Open With offers only
programs that can open a given file without reference to an extension.
Just standardise metadata (eg, as a series of slots, some which must be
filled, others for dev or user options). Easy peasy.

Yeah, creating a new standard and getting every file to comply with it
is super simple. Why, it happens every day!



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