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

> From: Isotope2k@aol.com
> 
> Why should we draw an artifical distinction between
> documents on the web that should be opened seen in the
> browser and those which shouldn't?  They are web
> browsers- not strictly HTML viewers.  Soon with SVG,
> mild-broadband, and Javascript we'll see some really
> great games within a web browser... why should a
> spreadsheet be any different?  The web simply isn't
> just a large collection of static HTML documents.

because MS Word and Excel format are proprietary and have no 
security protocols in place... why spread macros viruses by 
sending MS Word documents around the globe?  just make some 
stupid chain mail with a link to a page with a .doc refresh or 
embed, and boom, infect-o-rama...

at least PDF doesn't *force* open the document unless you specify 
it (at least when i install it), and even then, the security threat is 
minimal and restricted to in-document JavaScript...