[cap-talk] Midori in The Register

[Rob Jellinghaus]

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:13 PM, James A. Donald <jamesd at echeque.com> wrote:

> Can you disclose to what extent Microsoft is aware of
> the ideas of how to make a usable and user friendly
> operating system in which programs *cannot* do things
> that would surprise the user, without burdening the the
> user with a multitude of mysterious security dialogs... I would
> prefer to see references to "the powerbox user interface
> pattern."  Security usually fails at the user interface.


The phrase "to what extent Microsoft is aware" is ill-defined.  Microsoft is
the size of a small city.  One would not ask to what extent Chico, CA
(population ~89,000, close to Microsoft's size) is aware of the powerbox
pattern.

Several of the people I listed above as being Microsoft employees were
heavily involved in the CapDesk design and/or security review work, so there
are definitely *some* Microsoft people who are very aware of the issues in
designing interfaces which are both usable and secure.

Cheers!
Rob
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