Vista's Troublesome UAC is Developer's Fault?

MythMoth wonders: "We've heard all about the pain and discomfort of working with Windows' User Account Control (UAC) switched on, but now Ian Griffiths is explaining that the developers are the problem — they brought it on themselves. In earlier articles we have heard that Microsoft think that everyone should do it like this — Ian does acknowledge that things are better in the Unix world, but is he right? Is the onus now on the developers to help fix a problem that they did not cause?" Rather than ask the user for permission on every operation, what other ways could Microsoft have improved Vista's security?

Comments

Re:I kinda like the concept

[physicsnick]

I pine for the days of being able to uninstall a program fully from my system by deleting its folder. Or being able to simply copy a configuration file from one computer to the next and having all my settings preserved. You do realize you just described Linux, right?

I kind of like the concept of UAC. So do we. That's why it was invented twenty five years ago. Save yourself the headache, order your free CDs here.

Re:I saw a different problem

[tepples]

Most desktop users on Unix only run a few proprietary applications at most But on Windows, there are freeware, shareware, trialware, adware, spyware, botnet zombies, etc. If BSD, Solaris, or Linux were the dominant operating system instead of Windows, it would have these too.