Re: [Full-disclosure] OT: Firefox question / poll

[夜神 岩男 <supergiantpotato@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/21/2011 03:54 AM, metasansana@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I would say usability, by the time it pops up the nasty is probably already 
> done.
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> From: Charles Morris
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> Subject: [Full-disclosure] OT: Firefox question / poll
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> I'm curious what everyone's opinion is on the following question...
> esp. to any FF dev people on list:
>
> Do you think that the Firefox "warning: unresponsive script" is meant
> as a security feature or a usability feature?

Usability.

To begin with, most people click through the DANGER SCREEN warnings 
about bad TLS certificates. With this in mind it is obvious that a 
developer can't expect the average browser-using population to even know 
what a script is.

However, the string("not responding") + situation("browser gets stuck") 
resonates with the average retard, so this approach is sensible from a 
usability standpoint.

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