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As a user and programmer - good. Sandboxing is what is ruining modern software. I want to be able to reach into my file system with software. I want software to
by mvdtnz 2y ago
As a user and programmer - good. Sandboxing is what is ruining modern software. I want to be able to reach into my file system with software. I want software to be able to integrate with other software even if those programs don't have APIs or weren't designed for integration. I want to be able to easily install mods for games. Most of all I don't want to manage annoying permissions screens and popups for every non trivial interaction. My computer, my choice.
- sanitycheck 2y agoI'm the opposite. As a user I'm not realistically going to audit every new line of code in a piece of software with every update (if I even can) and I do not at all like the current model where we have to trust software creators blindly. It's the reason anti-virus/malware software is necessary on Windows. As a developer I would much rather that users don't have to trust us blindly, "this app only needs an internet connection and access to this one directory" would be a far easier sell than the current scenario. Popups, in the Windows UAC sense, yes, those are utter shit and train users to automatically give permission. Giving specific permissions once, more like Android, is much better.
- benterix 2y agoI am both of you - sometimes I want to do things in the main filesystem, sometimes I want to test an app in a sandbox - and I use a virtual machine for that.