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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: RB Directory listing orderRe: RB Directory listing order
From: Bryan VanDyke <bryan314_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:50:29 -0400 Stuart Tedford wrote: >>>There is nothing "natural" about >>>it and I disagree with it at a fundamental level. >> >>Lol. We obviously went to very different schools. I was >>always taught 12 >>comes after 2 not between 1 and 2. ;) >> > > > Not if we are dealing with strings, which is what filenames are. This > "natural sort order" is actually breaking a second standard (ASCII), as well > as breaking the leading zero standard. Maybe you think 2 wrongs make a > right, I don't. > > I didn't really want to start a flame session or anything (so I shouldn't > have made the AOL comment, so sorry for any offence I caused), but I feel > strongly that standards are usually there for a reason - i.e. because a lot > of people think something is a good idea. So anything that breaks a > standard should have a very good reason to do so, and I don't consider this > to be one. > > Stu. > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > Stu, No offense taken. Really. This forum provides room for discussion and free exchange of ideas. Ultimately, we all want the same thing, a great piece of software to listen to our music. Now, if we only could get some company to make some decent hardware. Bryan :) _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-08-02 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |