I agree. For all the MS bashing that we all do, they did put a lot of work and UI research into designing the ribbon. I mean, they tracked what people were using, what buttons (of the multiple buttons/menus/keyboard combos that could be used) they clicked, and so forth.
That counts as more than due diligence in my book, and is a great example on how to re-design a UI for a mature product with lots of features. Look at what people are actually using and then figure out ways to make it easier and more intuitive to do these things. (And then test the hell out of each design iteration with real users and large-scale public betas.)
If Adobe took the time & effort to actually research their user base before re-designing the UI, I think it would be a good thing, regardless of whether they used an Office 2007-style ribbon or not.
At this point, anything would be an improvement... IMHO, of course.
And as for the argument of useless personal pages... that's what user's personal pages are for! It's just in a different "part" of Wikipedia. Anyone who has an account with Wikipedia can create a user page, which is (effectively) and entry in Wikipedia about themselves. Problem solved!
It is a very dangerous road to walk down when Wikipedia starts making decisions based on highly subjective criteria, such as "notability."
As someone else here already said, the thing that makes Wikipedia so cool is precisely the fact that it contains so much obscure information. What is obscure and useless to you might be informative and interesting to someone else.
Yeah, I was just thinking - in order to execute this attack, you would already have to have the necessary privileges to do just about anything to a system - so what's the point?
To put it more plainly, why worry about attacks that require you to be at Admin/root level - if you've somehow gotten to Admin/root level, you've already won!
So, yeah, I think this is a bit of hype - a bit more than is usual around here, anyway. (No, wait...)
I used to use Eudora back in "the day" as well. One thing I clearly remember (and still long for in Thunderbird) is the filter/actions that Eudora had. Not just "if sender = something, mark as read," but really neat, almost programmable filters. You could configure it to react to incoming mail and reply with a pre-made email (I think Eudora called it "stationary").
When I switched to Thunderbird, I remember thinking how much I would miss those advanced e-mail filters. At the time I switched, Thunderbird had absolutely *nothing* like them. I wonder if they are still there...
Lets hope that if people try this on a real brain with Epilepsy they read The Terminal Man first.
As for me, I will continue rely on home brewed behaviour modification to treat my seizure disorder. Though I am pleased to see more treatment options for people with very serious conditions.
Or how about Ghost in the Shell?
Although I'll admit, there are probably a lot of problems that could arise from brain chips that even Cyber-Punk authors haven't thought up yet.
In colloquial English, it is perfectly acceptable to substitute either just "he/his/him" or "she/hers/her" rather than repeatedly writing "he/she" or "his/her" or "him/her." By convention, you would typically use the pronoun of the same gender as yourself - thus, we could infer that the original poster was male. An equivalent post made by a female might have read "Only HER record counts. Ask HER what SHE'LL do about the war, the patriot act, and prohibition, and maybe IP law," and would also have been perfectly acceptable, without insinuating any gender-based bias on the part of the speaker.
Be careful when nitpicking... remember, "there's always someone cleverer than yourself!"
Most email users have never had anyone try and fake messages from them to other people. Errr... what? People get spam emails all the time with the "From" address faked - often from people they know, and sometimes even from themselves! (There's a strange feeling when you get an obviously junk/spam email and it claims to have been sent by... you!)
Actually, if you do disable that feature (which requires a reboot), you get a security warning balloon from the system tray (sorry... notification area) saying that you are in danger because you've turned that feature off!
Why do I suddenly hear "Remember, remember, the 5th of November" in my head?
This is definitely NOT GOOD. (By which I mean the reaction of Tony Blair, not the voices in my head.)
New Hampshire is supposed to be the state where all the Libertarians are going... trouble is, a whole lot of Massachusetts people (expanding outwards from the metro-Boston area) beat them there.
Sad, but true.
I think they've got the point. From the FEMA site:
Does the online application require Internet Explorer?
Yes and no.
Currently to complete your application online you must be using Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 or above. We are in the process of modifying the application so that it will be available to additional browsers.
If you do not have Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, you may still be able to check the status of your application and update your information online once you have registered by phone.
I guess "In the process..." is better than nothing!
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I agree. For all the MS bashing that we all do, they did put a lot of work and UI research into designing the ribbon. I mean, they tracked what people were using, what buttons (of the multiple buttons/menus/keyboard combos that could be used) they clicked, and so forth.
That counts as more than due diligence in my book, and is a great example on how to re-design a UI for a mature product with lots of features. Look at what people are actually using and then figure out ways to make it easier and more intuitive to do these things. (And then test the hell out of each design iteration with real users and large-scale public betas.)
If Adobe took the time & effort to actually research their user base before re-designing the UI, I think it would be a good thing, regardless of whether they used an Office 2007-style ribbon or not.
At this point, anything would be an improvement... IMHO, of course.
I agree. ("Yes, I do indeed concur, wholeheartedly!")
I wholeheartedly agree.
And as for the argument of useless personal pages... that's what user's personal pages are for! It's just in a different "part" of Wikipedia. Anyone who has an account with Wikipedia can create a user page, which is (effectively) and entry in Wikipedia about themselves. Problem solved!
It is a very dangerous road to walk down when Wikipedia starts making decisions based on highly subjective criteria, such as "notability."
As someone else here already said, the thing that makes Wikipedia so cool is precisely the fact that it contains so much obscure information. What is obscure and useless to you might be informative and interesting to someone else.
As long as QUID doesn't turn out to be just tree leaves...
Obligatory: Slashdot has editors??
Yeah, I was just thinking - in order to execute this attack, you would already have to have the necessary privileges to do just about anything to a system - so what's the point?
To put it more plainly, why worry about attacks that require you to be at Admin/root level - if you've somehow gotten to Admin/root level, you've already won!
So, yeah, I think this is a bit of hype - a bit more than is usual around here, anyway. (No, wait...)
I used to use Eudora back in "the day" as well. One thing I clearly remember (and still long for in Thunderbird) is the filter/actions that Eudora had. Not just "if sender = something, mark as read," but really neat, almost programmable filters. You could configure it to react to incoming mail and reply with a pre-made email (I think Eudora called it "stationary"). When I switched to Thunderbird, I remember thinking how much I would miss those advanced e-mail filters. At the time I switched, Thunderbird had absolutely *nothing* like them. I wonder if they are still there...
Lets hope that if people try this on a real brain with Epilepsy they read The Terminal Man first.
As for me, I will continue rely on home brewed behaviour modification to treat my seizure disorder. Though I am pleased to see more treatment options for people with very serious conditions.
Or how about Ghost in the Shell? Although I'll admit, there are probably a lot of problems that could arise from brain chips that even Cyber-Punk authors haven't thought up yet.In colloquial English, it is perfectly acceptable to substitute either just "he/his/him" or "she/hers/her" rather than repeatedly writing "he/she" or "his/her" or "him/her." By convention, you would typically use the pronoun of the same gender as yourself - thus, we could infer that the original poster was male. An equivalent post made by a female might have read "Only HER record counts. Ask HER what SHE'LL do about the war, the patriot act, and prohibition, and maybe IP law," and would also have been perfectly acceptable, without insinuating any gender-based bias on the part of the speaker.
Be careful when nitpicking... remember, "there's always someone cleverer than yourself!"
Actually, if you do disable that feature (which requires a reboot), you get a security warning balloon from the system tray (sorry... notification area) saying that you are in danger because you've turned that feature off!
Why do I suddenly hear "Remember, remember, the 5th of November" in my head? This is definitely NOT GOOD. (By which I mean the reaction of Tony Blair, not the voices in my head.)
New Hampshire is supposed to be the state where all the Libertarians are going... trouble is, a whole lot of Massachusetts people (expanding outwards from the metro-Boston area) beat them there. Sad, but true.