Why can I create folders/directories through the sftp interface, but not write files?
jody ---- - Think carefully. - Contra mundum - "Against the world" (St. Athanasius) - Credo ut intelliga - "I believe that I may know" (St. Augustin of Hippo) On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Jody Harris <imha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Chris Palmer <ch...@noncombatant.org>wrote: > >> Jody Harris writes: >> >> > - "Those who understand what Tahoe is" (understanders), >> > - And "Those who don't care" (users). >> >> I reject this dichotomy for practical reasons. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month#Conceptual_Integrity >> >> I suspect that bugs, unusability, insecurity, and unreliability go down as >> the gaps between the abstractions of UI, architecture, and implementation >> narrow. This usually results in the reduction of many (but not all) kinds >> of >> complexity up and down the abstraction stack. >> >> I also reject the dichotomy for ideological raisins. I refuse to accept >> that >> "users" are "stupid". >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum/dp/0672316498 >> > > I reject your rejection on grounds of good design practice. > > Not "stupid." Invalid. Expression "does not care" does not equate to > "stupid." > > Tools can be used on different levels. > > Analogy: Linux command line. > > It's there on every system, but the average user has no reason to ever see > it. > > It's not that the average user is stupid or incapable. It's just that they > are not going to invest the time to learn and master it. If they decide to, > it's readily available to them -- there are no artificial barriers. > > Analogy: web browser: view page source. > > Analogy: computers > Users don't have to understand how they work to make good use of them. > > Analogy: Macintosh computers > > > Not every functionality needs to be exposed through every interface. Most > users are content that a task is completed per their expectations. Any > further information essentially "breaks" the system for them. Too much > information leads to mental buffer overflows. > > Thoughts? > > >
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