On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
[1] It might actually be, that the system picks the newest one, logically that wouldn’t be a bad assumption, that the newest app which can handle a document type, is the one the user wants to use for that document type -- but for people trying out new software, it would almost always be a bad heuristic.
I believe it is a FILO stack - so the newest does take precedence (though I've done zero research to back it up), though I believe the document creator code and file type flags are more heavily weighted than document extensions.
I generally avoid the file association war entirely, and do one of two things when opening documents for which I have more than one editor:
1) open from within the app 2) drag & drop - drag the document icon to the app icon. (the latter is the one I use most often).
Frankly, I think file associations will always be problematic for non- proprietary documents (regardless of platform), but a usable interface for the LaunchServices database would be nice to have.