Re: Launch Services info (was "Re: Auto-Remove .DS_Store Files?")
Re: Launch Services info (was "Re: Auto-Remove .DS_Store Files?")
- Subject: Re: Launch Services info (was "Re: Auto-Remove .DS_Store Files?")
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:47:33 -0500
- Thread-topic: Launch Services info (was "Re: Auto-Remove .DS_Store Files?")
On 8/1/06 10:03, "Laine Lee" <email@hidden> wrote:
> (1) a potential security issue exists and
> (2) the name of the application associated with the potential security issue
>
> presents a significant challenge for a user, I believe.
Not really. If you see the name(s) you expect to see, then it's all good.
It's for when you get people playing games and you open a jpeg and see
Terminal that you'd get puzzled and rightly so.
>
> Have you ever stopped to verify an application's validity if you see a
> recognized application's name in the dialog box? If you have, then my hat is
> off to you and in your case the dialog has provided the full benefit for
> which it was intended.
I do, but I'm an edge case. I have about 20 Remote Desktop Client documents
all tied to specific copies of the Remote Desktop Client. I VERY much want
to know if it's opening an heretofore unknown copy of Remote Desktop Client
or some other application.
> If you're like me, and you never think twice about
> dismissing the dialog and launching the specified application if you
> recognize its name in the dialog, then what greater risk is afforded by
> implementing a list of applications whose launching is predetermined to
> never trigger the dialog?
It's designed to alert you to an application you DON'T expect to see.
However, there's no "you know what I mean" frameworks, so it's a bit of a
verbose option.
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