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Ray
I hear and read a lot of complaining done over the implementation of UAC, I
know it's a pain to be prompted several times a session but I've yet to see
someone offer an alternative that would please everyone.
I'm not an IT specialist, nor am I even a worker in the field, I'm simply a
"nerd" at home with several computers on a network. But with two daughters
using one of the computers I can see where some protection has to be in
place and UAC looks like a reasonable compromise to me.
With no formal training in the field I have very limited skills and
knowledge, and other than a brief foray into Ubuntu and now a wrestling
match in trying to setup a Debian server on the network, no experience with
any other operating system other than Microsoft.
I certainly would not want to go through the hassle of, what seems to be the
norm in Linux, of entering cryptic commands into a terminal window every
time I wanted to perform some administrative task or install a program. But
I do like to know what is going on with my computer and be informed/asked
when a change is about to be made.
So I ask you "professionals in the field" what and how would you like to
have seen it done, bearing in mind that, it has to be easy for the general
public to use and it has to be difficult if not impossible for any program
to "slip by" the defenses.
Coming from someone that is closer to the bottom rung of users than most
here, I think that most users will hardly notice it, most people use
computers for browsing the 'net and playing games. Not many of them will do
something that will trigger a UAC prompt, and if a prompt does arise then
the window is changed sufficiently to cause them to do a little more
thinking than before when that little popup came up.
As I said, I'm ok with how it is now, they could have made a prompt that
flashes a red screen, now that would be annoying but it would certainly get
someone's attention.
I know that this subject has been beaten into the ground but I have yet to
see a viable alternative proposed, and I'm wondering "is there one"? That's
why I'm asking this rather explosive question to this group because from
what I've read and learned here I value all of your advice and suggestions.
Ray
know it's a pain to be prompted several times a session but I've yet to see
someone offer an alternative that would please everyone.
I'm not an IT specialist, nor am I even a worker in the field, I'm simply a
"nerd" at home with several computers on a network. But with two daughters
using one of the computers I can see where some protection has to be in
place and UAC looks like a reasonable compromise to me.
With no formal training in the field I have very limited skills and
knowledge, and other than a brief foray into Ubuntu and now a wrestling
match in trying to setup a Debian server on the network, no experience with
any other operating system other than Microsoft.
I certainly would not want to go through the hassle of, what seems to be the
norm in Linux, of entering cryptic commands into a terminal window every
time I wanted to perform some administrative task or install a program. But
I do like to know what is going on with my computer and be informed/asked
when a change is about to be made.
So I ask you "professionals in the field" what and how would you like to
have seen it done, bearing in mind that, it has to be easy for the general
public to use and it has to be difficult if not impossible for any program
to "slip by" the defenses.
Coming from someone that is closer to the bottom rung of users than most
here, I think that most users will hardly notice it, most people use
computers for browsing the 'net and playing games. Not many of them will do
something that will trigger a UAC prompt, and if a prompt does arise then
the window is changed sufficiently to cause them to do a little more
thinking than before when that little popup came up.
As I said, I'm ok with how it is now, they could have made a prompt that
flashes a red screen, now that would be annoying but it would certainly get
someone's attention.
I know that this subject has been beaten into the ground but I have yet to
see a viable alternative proposed, and I'm wondering "is there one"? That's
why I'm asking this rather explosive question to this group because from
what I've read and learned here I value all of your advice and suggestions.
Ray
