On 4 April 2012 15:35, Petr Bena <benap...@gmail.com> wrote: > That sounds like as microsoft would interpret how perfect system > should work, and why I don't like windows: > > "We know best what the user wants, so let us configure the system > according to what we think that is best for them, without even giving > them option to change anything on that" > > Seriously, don't make microsoft windows from mediawiki, please. We > could as well make mediawiki do what it "thinks that user wants to do" > rather than "what user really wants"
Actually; what he is describing is super-serious security 101. Users are always a major security flaw in any system, and leaving security options up the them increases your attack vector (i.e; most people don't use Gmail 2 factor authentication, because it is a pain). There is a reason Microsoft (successfully) makes use of this model. As does most modern Linux distro's, Mac OSX, etc etc. The key is getting a balance between sane defaults and advanced configuration for those with proven responsibility to understand their own security. If you make it *easy* for an individual to disable a key security feature then your security effectively becomes useless. Tom _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
