Re: File type determination

[John Smith <mnemosyne home nl>]

On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 12:01, iain wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 10:28 +0100, John Smith wrote:
> >  Why not use the i-b-e in the "visual" part (advantage: fast) and
> > the i-b-c when it matters, namely when running/double clicking a file
> > and let them enhance each other? "Hey, this .png realy wants to run a
> > a perl script, let's warn the user".
> 
> Then you're givingthe user two different signals.
> The user has been told its a png by the icon and the user wants to see
> the png. When you then say "Actually, its a perl script are you sure"
> the user is going to still want to see the png and click yes.
> Yes, its dumb, but I can imagine my parents doing just that.
> 
> iain
> -- 

Sorry Iain,

	should have made the warning more explicit ;-), I think even 
the most inexperienced user hesitates when shown the following message:
"Warning! Warning! Warning! The file you are trying to open is said
to be a picture but found to be a program, which is very likely to
be a malicious attempt to make you run something that you don't want!
This will most probably will be an attempt to infect your PC with a
virus! Unless you are very experienced at detecting new virusses,
DO NOT continue with what you are doing!"

Sincerely,

Jan.