[thelist] Stop Word, Excel, PDF loading into browser

> > As far as the bundling issue - it's not very bright to treat foreign
> > servers in the same way as the local filesystem or local network.

> you'd think, but obviously that's not the case.  for example, for those of

I agree with Joe here. Even though its not true in the case of Win98,
its still a terrible policy fraught with security nightmares. Just
because MS chooses to do something doesn't mean its the best/right way
to do it. 

> you with windows 98 (or win95 and windows update), by default it's setup so
> that the line between iexplore.exe (the browser) and explorer.exe (windows
> explorer, the shell) is extremely vague.  

And therefore the line between local and remote filesystems.

> or such, you browse your local system the exact same way as if you'd opened
> up My Computer.  And vice versa - open My Computer and you have buttons for
> Back and Forward, and can type a web address in the Address Bar to go to an
> internet site.  this is all part of Microsoft's attempt to bring the
> Internet to the desktop.

And the result has been nothing but security problems IMO. Again, just
personal opinion here, but I dont think its an advantage to use a *Web*
browser to access a local FS(Does anyone really think 20+ security hot
fixes in a year is a coincidence?). MS's attempts to bring the Internet
to the Desktop is exactly what causes the kind of problems that started
this thread. In the client/server model, the server is always trusted to
know where and how to deliver an application(type) to the client.
Overriding that as MS has done(also with IE's default 404 errors..
argh.) provides not only headaches for people like us, but deviates from
standards as well - which they so vehemently claim to embrace.

Not trying to start the holy war of ages here, so hopefully it doesn't
come across that way :)

> and as a preview of coming attractions, i've been using Win2k for the past
> month or so, and it's integrated IE5 into the OS just as much as Win98, if
> not even more.  so get used to it.  bend over, here it comes.

Hah! That would suggest actually using win2k, and last time I checked,
hell was still rather balmy. ;) 

.djc.
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