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You know, I've clicked on those warning messages for the better part of 10 years now, and never once noticed that some of them were red and some were orange. I
by jasonkester 15y ago
You know, I've clicked on those warning messages for the better part of 10 years now, and never once noticed that some of them were red and some were orange.
It's exactly the same dialog, with exactly the same fields. The only difference is an icon that you'd never realize was different unless you had two dialogs open side by side. If a guy who writes software for a living can't tell them apart, I don't think the average user stands a chance.
If they actually want to fix this, they need completely different looks for the two popups. Or better still, simply skip the warning altogether for signed apps. If you downloaded it off the internet with the intention of running it, you're going to want to run it. Popping a dialog in your face isn't going to change that fact.
- vilhelm_s 15y agoIf you skip the dialog for signed programs you may as well skip it for unsigned programs as well. Anyone can sign a program, it's only relevant for security if the user reads the signature and makes a decision based on what it says. From that perspective, maybe the dialogs for signed and unsigned programs don't _need_ to be very different; most users don't care. The interesting distinction is between "this a program, which may take over your computer" and "this is a music file, which can do no harm".