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> Are you saying that Microsoft are incapable of releasing a decent product or a stable API? No, I'm saying that implementing scrollbar handling in the kernel
by peterkelly 12y ago
> Are you saying that Microsoft are incapable of releasing a decent product or a stable API?
No, I'm saying that implementing scrollbar handling in the kernel is a bad idea. It's not something which requires privileged system access, and thus should be done in user mode where bugs like this won't lead to privilege escalation.
- 72deluxe 12y agoBut everything in the OS will use a scrollbar, so put it in the kernel, right? :-) Only kidding. I think OSX got around this problem by removing scrollbars haha only kidding You make an excellent point, sorry to misunderstand your original post.