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Windows UAP is a horrible thing. It would be far better to just replace the system dialog boxes like file open, save, etc. with power boxes that then give file
by mikewarot 2y ago
Windows UAP is a horrible thing. It would be far better to just replace the system dialog boxes like file open, save, etc. with power boxes that then give file capabilities to applications.
It would be minimal work to refactor applications, and provide almost perfect security with no UX change.
- jitl 2y agoThis is how macOS apps work by default these days. Each sandboxed app can R/W to a private "container" directory only, and to access anything else you present an "open" dialog that gives you back a special URL object with the requested capabilities for that resource. This is pretty fascinating: https://www.mothersruin.com/software/Archaeology/reverse/bookmarks.html https://www.mothersruin.com/software/Archaeology/reverse/boo...