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Re: Re: Hypothetical design question
From: der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:32:47 +0000
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.
Yes, I know. And I note that the Mac has long been second only to Windows (and, earlier, DOS) in its vulnerability to such things. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B [Ed. I'm going to step in here and ask that we bring this thread back to the topic of design issues with regard to the hypothetical MUA. I don't want to go down the path of "my OS can beat up your OS," please. KRvW]
Current thread:
- Re: Hypothetical design question, (continued)
- Re: Hypothetical design question David A. Wheeler (Jan 29)
- Re: Hypothetical design question Paco Hope (Jan 29)
- 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 David A. Wheeler (Jan 29)
- Re: Hypothetical design question Ken Goldman (Jan 29)
- Re: Re: Hypothetical design question Kenneth R. van Wyk (Jan 29)
- 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)
- Re: Hypothetical design question Fernando Schapachnik (Jan 30)