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From: ralfml at alfray.com (Ralf)
Subject: AW: 9/11 virus
l8km7gr02@...akemail.com wrote:
> As to your suggestion that the implicit behaviour of a doubleclick is a
> problem, I think you're a bit off the mark. Users know that a
> doubleclick will 'Open' whatever they click on, there's no ambiguity
> there. The confusion only occurs when the user doesn't exactly know
> what it is they're doubleclicking on.
Hmmm, a UI poping up stating that the user is going to execute something
and this may have a security impact (such as Eudora 5 does) is still a
good idea. Security through fear? Surely not a positive marketing value.
Typical behavior last time I removed a trojan from someone's computer:
- Did you do anything?
- No, I just read that weird email but I didn't do anything.
- Really nothing at all?
- Well I double-clicked that .scr but nothing happen, so no I didn't do
anything.
To go on with car references, there's a good reason for that bright red
sticker stating you should not place your child in front of the airbag.
It probably took a lot of legal fighting to get it there in the first
place but as software vendors are not reliable for their actions...
> users must be able to differentiate between executables and documents.
That requires energy and willingness to learn.
> To that end, however, user
> interfaces must be clear and explicit when it comes to helping the user
> differentiate the two.
Wouldn't it be possible to create an OE addon that just does this the
correct way?
Isn't "helping" the user "forcing" him actually? I.e. implicitely
admitting s/he can't make the right decision in the first place?
R/
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