RE: Document Centricity in GNOME [LONG]

["Gerry Chu" <gerrychu bigfoot com>]

> > "Open Safely" gives the user the implication that opening a file
normally
> > using the plain "Open" command in _unsafe_.
>
> Yes.  Isn't it wonderful?  Users _should_ get the implication that
> opening a file "normally" is unsafe, because it is.  They should be
> afraid of it, and it should take a lot of convincing for them to open
> something with macros on.

>Note that in an ideal world (the same one with 36 hour days), "Open
>Safely" *will* run macros -- in a Java-like sandbox. (Tcl calls it Safe
>Tcl, and Python calls this restricted execution)

>Thus, the more "Open Safely" used, even for one's own documents (in case
>there's a bug), the better.

Is there any downside to running in a sandbox?  I mean, if it could still
run macros, why doesn't everythink run in one?

Thanks,


Gerry Chu
gerrychu@bigfoot.com