"Matthew Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Gervase Markham wrote:
> >
> > > I was starting to feel in the minority. <grin> Actually, what I
> > > hate more than the salting is the fact that the user community has
> > > been given no choice in the matter. (And saying you can write your
> > > own code or pay money, etc., isn't really the point.)
> >
> > Well it is, really. As mpt is fond of saying, correctly, we can't have
> > a pref for everything. The more we have, the more conditional forks in
> > the code there are, and the greater its complexity and the greater the
> > possibility of bugs. Those who write the code get to make the choices
> > (subject to review and approval, and a spec if there is one.)
> >...
>
> Right. I don't like the salted folder either -- it's an insult to a Mac
> user who expects every file and folder on their system to have a
> semi-understandable name. (the DOS-like `.slt' on the end of the name
> increases its offensiveness.) But I'd rather have the salting always
> happen, than present users with an inevitably incomprehensible pref for
> it when they create a new profile.
Simple dialog: "Would you like your preference files stored in a random
directory for increased security?".
bl
