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Re: Re: Hypothetical design question
From: Jose Nazario <jose () monkey org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:29:40 +0000
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, der Mouse wrote:
I've long thought that a large part of the reason Windows is so virus-vulnerable is that the user interface uses the same gesture (double-clicking, or even right-click and choose "open") to run an executable file and "open" a "document".
silly. the mac has had this behavior for a long time, well before os x or even os 9. it's natural, intuitive, and probably older than mac os. (i admit a lack of fond memories of classic OS UIs that some of you will surely be happy to wax favorably about.) so ... why doesn't the mac suffer this malady? it's significantly deeper than this. yes, user interface has a lot to do with security, but to argue it's this simple is silly. ___ jose nazario, ph.d. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://monkey.org/~jose/ http://infosecdaily.net/
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- Re: Hypothetical design question David Harmon (Jan 30)
- RE: Hypothetical design question David Crocker (Jan 30)
- RE: Hypothetical design question Alun Jones (Feb 01)
- Re: Hypothetical design question Paco Hope (Jan 29)
- Re: Hypothetical design question Ken Goldman (Jan 29)
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- Re: Re: Hypothetical design question der Mouse (Jan 29)
- RE: Re: Hypothetical design question Alun Jones (Jan 30)
- Re: Re: Hypothetical design question Jose Nazario (Jan 30)
- Re: Re: Hypothetical design question der Mouse (Jan 31)
- RE: Re: Hypothetical design question Michael S Hines (Jan 30)
- RE: Re: Hypothetical design question Ben Corneau (Jan 31)
- RE: Re: Hypothetical design question Alun Jones (Feb 01)
- Re: Hypothetical design question der Mouse (Jan 30)
- Re: Hypothetical design question Glenn and Mary Everhart (Jan 30)
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