RH10 multimedia support

[Paul Morgan]

On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 18:44, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong: I'm not arguing against simplicity. Quite the
> > contrary, I love simple (i.e., graceful, elegant) solutions.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the IE way has severe limitations once you get outside of
> > the consumer market.
> 
> The "you must be administrator" approach is actually clearly right for web
> plugins. What exactly is a "plugin", its a random chunk of binary code
> handed to someone from a random web site which may or may not be the
> one you thought, may be compromised, may be buggy, may violate company
> policy and so on.
> 
> The "click to infect your computer" world has to end.

Amen! My point is not against requiring admin privilege to install, but
against the pop-up in the first place. If there is a legitimate need for
a plug-in, there should be a separate install (such as rpm) for it. 

The click-to-infect philosophy pits users against admins (who are just
looking out for their employers/users/clients) while shifting the
responsibility away from the vendors for imperfect software designs.