Re: Security fallout of hiding tabs-on-bottom mode
[Posted November 28, 2012 by jake]
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| Zack Weinberg <zackw-AT-panix.com> |
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| Re: Security fallout of hiding tabs-on-bottom mode |
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| Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:00:34 -0500 |
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On 2012-11-12 4:22 PM, Curtis Koenig wrote:
> While it is concerning when users choose to resist change in
> hazardous manners we cannot and should not halt forward movement due
> to the real or perceived threat that some portion of the user base
> will make ill conceived choices.
I cannot agree with this statement. To the contrary, I think it is
*vital* that we give great weight to the possibility that "some portion
of the user base will make ill-conceived choices" whenever we make a
user-experience change. It is abundantly clear that people will choose
the user experience they prefer over their actual security every single
time, therefore we have a *moral responsibility* to deliver the actual
security along with a user experience everyone prefers. If that means
keeping bells and whistles around, then so be it.
Let me ask you (collectively): what would you accept as sufficient
justification to revert the changes already made in bug 755593 and/or
bug 755646?
zw
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