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Re: [OT] This is scary: the future of MacOS X apps (via Rixstep)
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Re: [OT] This is scary: the future of MacOS X apps (via Rixstep)


  • Subject: Re: [OT] This is scary: the future of MacOS X apps (via Rixstep)
  • From: Hamish Allan <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:33:18 +0100

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Phaedra Stewart
<email@hidden> wrote:

> Fewer security-related prompts means the prompts that do appear are more unusual and therefore more likely to be taken seriously.

Oh, how dearly I wish Apple showed any understanding of this.

But one early design decision by Apple -- that the installer tool
would default to a shared location -- has meant that it's been
training users for years to type their admin passwords at the drop of
a hat into whatever dialog appears when something that's just
downloaded is first run.

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 >[OT] This is scary: the future of MacOS X apps (via Rixstep) (From: tahome izwah <email@hidden>)
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 >Re: [OT] This is scary: the future of MacOS X apps (via Rixstep) (From: Phaedra Stewart <email@hidden>)

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