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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] kdesu dialog simplification
From:       "Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)" <amadorm () usm ! edu ! ec>
Date:       2003-12-20 1:01:44
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> No, I've changed my mind. It is not an acceptable compromise. 
> 
> If a user contacts a helpdesk it will be quite possible to figure out what the 
> user is doing anyway, even if the user can't tell the exact command it means 
> to invoke the date applet or whatever. Because, the user can just tell that 
> she/he invoked the clock applet.

Oh. You're wrong. Users can be tricked into running dangerous commands. 
Providing the information surely will discourage AT LEAST malware
writers.

>  The helpdesk already knows what commands are 
> invoked or can easily find out,

If, and only if, the helpdesk people being called have remote
administrative privileges, perhaps they could snag something from the
log. 

>  in either case the problem can be 
> communicated in other fully sufficently ways.
> If, a request from a helpdesk or similar emerges(if you're not talking out of 
> experience..) I suggest we re-add it or do the "Details >>" solution, it is 
> easy to reverse/implement.

What harm do we incur if we did the Details button *right now*?

> 
> But until such an helpdesk situation becomes real and not is a hypotehical 
> situation(if it is..) I suggest we for once try to do something that's not 
> overdesigned and instead provide a simple, but yet fully functional UI.
> 
> Please tell if there's other reasons beside the helpdesk example to add a 
> "Details >>" button.
> 
> 
> 			Frans
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