Criticism of XAuth analogy

SitG Admin sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com
Mon Jun 7 14:49:04 UTC 2010


"On the desktop, this problem was solved long ago with what is called 
the "system registry". When you install a new application, you are 
asked whether you want the new application to handle certain kinds of 
files, like photos. So, for example, if you install a new app and set 
the new application to be the default "handler" for photos, when you 
double click a photo next time, it'll automatically open in your new 
application."
(http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2010/04/simplifying-social-web-with-xauth.html)

Okay, folks, a little trip down memory lane . . . "long ago",
http://www.birdhouse.org/macos/beos_osx/redux.html
As we can see, such a solution creates problems of its own!

Worse yet, the analogy's implications can easily be reversed ;)

-Shade


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