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Re:WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI by cryptonector on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:53AM (#42657363)
> IMO, case-insensitive filesystems are an abomination; the case-insensitivity should have been done in the user interface layer, not in the filesystem layer.

Implementing case-insensitivity in a file picker or something is OK, but doing that throughout your app's runtime is insane since you'd have to hook every file open and then list the directory, whereas in a file picker you're probably listing the directory anyways.

Re:WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI by cesarb on Friday January 10, 2025 @01:32PM (#42658479)
The file picker is precisely where case-insensitivity should be done; the rest of the application should already have the correct file name.
Re:WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI by cryptonector on Friday January 10, 2025 @01:47PM (#42658670)
Though you best not have a million files in that directory...