From kde-core-devel  Sun Feb 22 17:53:05 2009
From: "Friedrich W. H. Kossebau" <kossebau () kde ! org>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:53:05 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: .desktop security changes are committed
Message-Id: <200902221853.05924.kossebau () kde ! org>
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Le dimanche, 22. février 2009, à 18:38, Michael Pyne a écrit:
> Subject says it all.  Nothing's set in stone until we release ;) so if you
> have comments/suggestions for improvement/etc. please let me know.  The
> dialog is a bit different now than what I started on, hopefully this final
> version is enough to avoid "click-through":
> http://purinchu.net/dumping-ground/krun4.png I received some much
> appreciated feedback from seele (although any usability errors are of
> course my own).
>
> Alexander Larsson is handling the same thing for GNOME, and they have
> changed their file view to only "sniff" for desktop files that are
> executable or in the system directory, and only files with a .desktop
> extension.
> (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-
> February/msg00132.html)

Cool, thanks for caring.

Some nitpicks on the dialog:
* Could the key and the values in the Details be separated a little more 
visually, so they are easier to parse? Either by linebreaks and indention 
(cmp. a definition) or/and by some semantic highlighting.
* The term shortcut is only used once "(for example, if you created the 
shortcut)", as you otherwise do not use the concept of a shortcut in the 
dialog text perhaps it can be removed there, to not confuse the user. But 
then this concept if fundamental to the problem with .desktop files, so it 
might also be used in the "Warning" text? Not sure if one wants to have this 
implementation detail shine up to the user.
* s/it's/it is/

Cheers
Friedrich
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