Funny question -- easy answer:
We should expect user interfaces to not provide such a question in such a fashion --
that's why "are you sure?" question boxes appear for formatting, etc. in most UIs,
including "alias rm 'rm -i'".
That said, its the UI that's the problem in the certificate case as well -- the
security of E-commerce applications has enough of an effect on international economies
now that users' preferences to ignore such problems must be circumvented. A lack of
education is partially to blame, but telling users that they may accept a self-signed
certificate without warning them that they may be giving away their credit information
is negligent.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [sarcasm on]
> User is busy typing away in an email while a background task is processing.
>Background task runs into a problem and pops up - "Unavoidable application error -
>press any key to reformat harddrive" on users new 1 Ghz machine. The next keystroke
>clears the message. User has given permission of course. Solution. Don't use the
>keyboard. Only use the mouse. Or use a machine that is slower so that the focus
>change is detected."
> [sarcasm off]
>
> What should we expect?
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Michael T. Babcock (PGP: 0xBE6C1895)
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