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Right, the real reason Reader is a target is because of its ubiquity (especially in the enterprise). The reason why I mentioned Javascript is because I think it
by tsally 17y ago
Right, the real reason Reader is a target is because of its ubiquity (especially in the enterprise). The reason why I mentioned Javascript is because I think it highlights Adobe's mindset perfectly. They refuse to design simple and narrowly focused software.
- tptacek 17y agoEvery time someone makes a comment like "X is too complex", I both agree and immediately think back to: http://www.jwz.org/doc/easter-eggs.html http://www.jwz.org/doc/easter-eggs.html Adobe is giving the market what it wants. It may be part of the current zeitgeist that software developers have a paternal responsibility to defer functionality in favor of security and reliability, but that notion --- if it exists in reality anywhere --- is extremely recent. Reader got complicated long before any major software vendor got religion about security.
- tsally 17y agoI think you capture the issue perfectly. The things you value determine your opinion of software. From where I stand, I value good design (reliability and security are natural side effects). I find the aesthetics of well designed software beautiful. On the other hand, if I had deadlines and a decade of backward-compatibility to worry about I might have different values. I don't mean to be the highbrow/ivory tower security dude, I'm just speaking to what I value.