On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 05:53:04PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> I would like to clarify my position a little:
<snip>
> Code speaks louder than words.
<snip>
> We cannot force users to be vigilant, no. We cannot stop people from
> behaving carelessly and jeopardizing the resons to use this software in
> the first place either. But we should not, can not, and must not, if we
> have anything but the short term attraction of users and media attention
> as a goal, condone such action by putting it in the software itself.
I have to agree with Oskar. What we should focus on doing is making it
as easy as possible for the user to import the initial nodereference(s)
they want to announce to, that they have obtained by whatever means.
For example, in Windows this could mean a special file extension for
the nodereference so that when it's double-clicked it triggers the
announcement process. Maybe there could also be a drag and drop target
that does the same thing.
An announcement wizard in our HTTP interface that allows the user to
file-upload or cut and paste in a nodereference would also be good.
Finally we should have an --announce <ref-file> switch for the CLI.
Providing these kinds of options will make it very easy for people to
obtain a nodereference from a friend's email, or a trusted website,
and hand it over to their new node for announcing.
-tavin
--
: it's time we took labor saving away from machines :
: and gave it back to the people... :
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