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Re:Elementary OS 6 Odin by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:33PM (#28135583)
> QuickLook remains one of the few examples of a generic extensible document reader in modern operating systems.

...were there other ones in classic operating systems? QuickTime <= 10.2 did let you install third-party components (I wrote one recently), but what else was there?

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Re:Elementary OS 6 Odin by mixmastamyk on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @08:05PM (#28136364)
The Amiga pioneered this with datatypes.
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Re:Elementary OS 6 Odin by kitsunesoba on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:41PM (#28135665)
There was OpenDoc on classic Mac OS, and I think maybe COM on the Microsoft side of the fence? Not as well versed on Windows stuff though so that may be a misread on my part.
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