tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post6643220555604831572..comments2024-03-06T02:46:19.929+00:00Comments on Translation Tribulations: The great guessing game: file extensions in Windows!Kevin Lossnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-35313125022767970052013-07-30T22:59:32.949+01:002013-07-30T22:59:32.949+01:00"I'm almost afraid to ask what the situat..."I'm almost afraid to ask what the situation is for Windows 8."<br />Grin...<br />The problems Microshaft have had with Version 8 remind me of a fun Xmas party a few years back including a friend who has an IQ rated at genius level. Believe me... We decided to have some fun with a new board game that nobody had played before. <br />Reading the "manual" and going through everything even reduced this guy to confusion.<br />"I think you have to do this, then maybe that and you have options etc... <br />But there is no conceivable way you can start any game like this without knowing what you are supposed to do to start it..."<br />Where is the START button? ;-)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982168256630141049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-9153424586784722892013-07-30T17:43:38.166+01:002013-07-30T17:43:38.166+01:00Thank you, Chris! Nothing wrong with XP, and in fa...Thank you, Chris! Nothing wrong with XP, and in fact I fully intend to do a short video for XP when I have the time to put a screen recorder on one of my old machines. When I first had to do this under Windows 7, I was utterly baffled trying to find the settings exactly where you described.<br /><br />I'm almost afraid to ask what the situation is for Windows 8. Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-62669312317776073142013-07-30T16:57:18.907+01:002013-07-30T16:57:18.907+01:00Standing up like a man in the face of those will s...Standing up like a man in the face of those will scorn and scold me for using XP: ;-)<br /><br />Note the slightly different procedure there:<br /><br />For Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003<br /><br />Start Windows Explorer (you can do this by opening up any folder). <br />Click Tools, and then click Folder Options.<br />Scroll down and then click Folder and search options. <br />Click the View tab. <br />Scroll down until you notice Hide extensions for known file types, un-check this line by clicking the check box. <br /><br />Note To hide file name extensions, check this line.<br />Click OK<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982168256630141049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-67391641233212182772013-07-28T03:16:47.643+01:002013-07-28T03:16:47.643+01:00Very astute, all of you! Looking at the picture I ...Very astute, all of you! Looking at the picture I posted with fresh eyes, I would have said 13 myself, or at least 13. If you look very, very carefully at those icons, you can in fact see 13 distinct ones. But some of the differences, like those "W-squares" for various files that are somehow associated with Microsoft Word, are not necessarily noticeable in a quick inspection. People who work with various kinds of files often need more information than just a file icon, and that is part of the point I plan to make here. But I won't make the point at three o'clock in the morning. It's been an unexpectedly long day, so the video I planned to do as a follow-up to this will have to wait a little longer, but I will post the link to the answer(s) at the end of this comment.<br /><br />This contest was inspired by a recurring problem. Maybe some of you have guessed it already, probably a number of you have experienced it at some point. It's a very basic problem, and I am actually a bit surprised that in the year 2013 I am still encountering this problem about once a month on average, perhaps once every two months. And I think the reason that this still occurs is that the "gurus" and developers are often far too arrogant and condescending with the information they feel should be revealed to ordinary mortals, and they really don't think that dealing with little bits of stupid design and inconvenience are such a big deal. In fact, they are rather proud of their arcane knowledge, accumulated with great difficulty over many years. After some 41 years of fiddling about with IT, I have my own small collection of arcana, which I would happily trade for a good comic book collection for all I value it. These little details matter. They matter a lot. Whether the Gods of Microsoft thing so, and even when developers for whom I have the deepest respect think otherwise. They are little pebbles in our shoes, making an ordinary gait difficult. Or the wind-borne sand, blasting and wearing down the hardest rock grain by grain.<br /><br />Maybe we don't need more fancy features in the tools our work depends on. Maybe we need simplicity. Stability. And perhaps some easy, unobtrusive access to simple explanations without judgment when we need them. So for now, the contest is officially ended, and <a href="http://lossner.net/downloads/misc/with-extensions.png" rel="nofollow">here is a link to the solution</a>. One could probably say there are two correct answers to the challenge, depending on how one looks at it.<br /><br />And tomorrow - or the day after - I will add another "bleeding obvious" simple video where I illustrate this still too-frequent problem and a solution for it. And I'll challenge myself to keep it shorter than a minute, though I'm not sure if I can actually do that....<br /><br />I will discuss the reward with the winner tomorrow if time permits :-) Thank you very much, everyone!Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-39346941210523231872013-07-27T21:36:51.863+01:002013-07-27T21:36:51.863+01:00I'll go with 13.I'll go with 13.Susan Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15682267788296230019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-5542409505011204042013-07-27T21:34:30.012+01:002013-07-27T21:34:30.012+01:00Ten (from Alison)Ten (from Alison)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-13737520709556312682013-07-27T21:28:25.553+01:002013-07-27T21:28:25.553+01:00I think 13 :-)I think 13 :-)Filippo Rosatihttp://www.italogos.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-14716330859149728552013-07-27T21:16:16.630+01:002013-07-27T21:16:16.630+01:001313Tomarenko Fachübersetzungenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551407873260929196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-15014386984984448502013-07-27T21:09:40.875+01:002013-07-27T21:09:40.875+01:00I'd say 13I'd say 13Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411247071048728565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-8432422319577137672013-07-27T20:56:22.064+01:002013-07-27T20:56:22.064+01:00Let me guess: 9?Let me guess: 9?Erik Hanssonhttp://www.hansson.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-53089942749645551922013-07-27T19:27:08.127+01:002013-07-27T19:27:08.127+01:00I'd say 10 too.
AnaI'd say 10 too.<br /><br />AnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-52821863672876745892013-07-27T19:23:39.963+01:002013-07-27T19:23:39.963+01:00I also go for 10.
UldisI also go for 10.<br /><br />UldisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-54147382812193292392013-07-27T17:23:27.725+01:002013-07-27T17:23:27.725+01:00I'll go with 10.I'll go with 10.Wasatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415028316778775171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-3355359263527196882013-07-27T17:17:39.013+01:002013-07-27T17:17:39.013+01:00I venture to say nine.I venture to say nine.Fabiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14639107427315853225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-37287880382439533262013-07-27T16:58:17.658+01:002013-07-27T16:58:17.658+01:0013 if the underlying operating system would be fro...13 if the underlying operating system would be from a different vendor ;-)Carstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741606739863397361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-43367954406428706302013-07-27T16:39:40.158+01:002013-07-27T16:39:40.158+01:00Looks like 13 to me.Looks like 13 to me.Aleksandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07566063465508822816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-60778619768092510412013-07-27T16:32:35.158+01:002013-07-27T16:32:35.158+01:0015 for me15 for meMartanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-46655251063457699202013-07-27T16:24:47.712+01:002013-07-27T16:24:47.712+01:00I see 11 files - presuming 11 and 7 are both html ...I see 11 files - presuming 11 and 7 are both html and 5 is a docx.Steven Segaertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-90012469600378991922013-07-27T16:20:09.282+01:002013-07-27T16:20:09.282+01:001313Loek van Kootenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927321653536816674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-31160023214593023842013-07-27T15:25:42.162+01:002013-07-27T15:25:42.162+01:00Looks to be 13Looks to be 13Stashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02522018589076187001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-76839245212744005142013-07-27T14:59:18.520+01:002013-07-27T14:59:18.520+01:001010Ana Iariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013198227803625735noreply@blogger.com