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Re: Security fallout of hiding tabs-on-bottom mode

From:  Zack Weinberg <zackw-AT-panix.com>
To:  mozilla-dev-security-AT-lists.mozilla.org
Subject:  Re: Security fallout of hiding tabs-on-bottom mode
Date:  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:00:34 -0500
Message-ID:  <2oadnb99YrEfzz_NnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d@mozilla.org>
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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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