Re: Re: Hypothetical design question

[der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA>]

> > 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.

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[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]