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'Chatology' Addresses Glaring Search Issues in Apple's Messages App for Mac
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Just curious... which sandboxing elements are broken? Is it something Apple is working on?
On the issue of sandboxing I believe strongly that we need to work on making text more richly interactive since the written word is a fundamental unit of knowledge, so the richer we interact with our text the richer we interact with our knowledge.
More richly interactive text interactions will require a more interactive environment where the different capabilities of the system can be brought to bear in the most convenient ways, creating a more powerful user experience and thus a more powerful user.
Apple's policy of sandboxing is understandable from a security point of view, but it goes against this idea completely.
The term sandbox used to mean children's play area, a constrained area for action where the participants needed to be controlled and the definition in computer security is very much related: ... a sandbox is a security mechanism for separating running programs. It is often used to execute untested code, or untrusted programs from unverified third-parties, suppliers, untrusted users and untrusted websites. Wikipedia.
The need for greater security is understandable and the need for greater interaction is important. How can these two goals be reconciled?
I propose Apple establishes a service which could be called a Trusted Developer Program, where developers (us), can provide Apple with our source code and verify our identity. We can then interact with the system and other applications in a richer way than if Apple knows nothing about us. I don't even mind paying Apple a small up-front fee for this and a slightly larger cut from App Store revenues.
Please tell me what you think, I would really appreciate your perspective on this guys.
Whoa! That's the real solution right there! I really don't think there are employees watching every app uploaded to see if it good to go. I think is automated. What you are asking for is the real deal. Putting people to work to understand the code and know if it going to mess with the system or not.
