On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 12:28:03AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > [seamless/seamful thoughts] > Questions?
"seamless" and "seamful" seem very wooly words. Are they, in this context, well-defined? Seem dangerously like defining-away the argument. Assuming they are well defined, when I read > * a _general_ seamless 'launch activities by clicking URLs' facility is > wholly incompatible with Bitfrost [in the cases we care about] ...I think even if this entirely academic[1] argument, depending on a rigourous definition of the term "seamless" being used to justify a large decrease in convenience vis-a-vis mainstream OS UIs, is valid, that: a) existing users like teachers and developers will chafe against / not accept it, as they will reject the serious inconvenience for a security benefit they will be hard-pressed to understand; and b) there seems to be the implication that anything incompatible with [the current design of] Bitfrost is inherently undesired, which is a "chilling" message to send; and c) even if one argues a) doesn't apply because we're targeting new users, and not existing ones, it's clearly behavior - a "seam", be it an abyss or a small hoop or only-an-implementation-deficiency - that could be addressed better (I guess this isn't contentious, but perhaps it is, so stating for clarity...) > Michael & Ivan Martin 1. It's clearly academic, as in the rest of the world this "launch-by-clicking-URL" behavior is about as prevalent as the common cold.
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