[neutrino23]

One big frustration in OS X is the loss of Type and Creator codes. It seems you can optionally attach them but the OS doesn't use them. This is a great feature. I use it a lot. In OS 9 I have various Apple Scripts to control these codes as I need to.

On the other hand, the use of extensions like .txt and .jpg is nearly useless. I've heard that this change was made to make it easier to share files with windows users. How is it a good idea to cripple my OS which I use all day long just to add convenience to some windows user with whom I occasionally share a file? It is not that hard when sending a file to windows to add on .txt or .jpg. It would be easy to have a script attached to a window as a folder action so that everything dropped in there would receive the correct extension before sending. This takes care of the relatively rare case when I have to share something with windows.

Worse, the way it is implemented I have to jump through hoops to be sure which extension is actually attached. This is like the worst of both worlds. Please give me back my Macintosh OS.