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At 04:41 PM 6/10/2004 , Chris Cox wrote:


>>>  J.The extension is ".tf8", and the format is called "8-Byte TIFF".
>>Breaking the file-extention is imho not alternative 1.
>>The file extention should still be .tif or .tiff
>
>Unless you can get every application to adopt the new library, and every 
>user to upgrade their applications...
>using the same extension will just create a lot of confusion ("it's a TIFF 
>file, why can't Photoshop 3 read it?").
>
>Changing the extension (and Macintosh file type) will remove that 
>confusion -- communicating that it is a new file type and won't be 
>compatible with older readers.  This will also give software vendors an 
>obvious way to indicate compatibility with the modified format.

I agree absolutely. A new format incompatible with existing readers should 
have a new file type.

- Phillip


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