Re: Kill other process's warning dialog

FROM : Finlay Dobbie
DATE : Sat Dec 11 18:36:51 2004

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:22:55 +0800, Sherman He
<sherman.<email_removed>> wrote:
> Hello EveryBody,
> Thanks alot for your answers.
> First all, i will say, i am working in a very normal program, nothing with
> evil like spyware.


"Normal" programs have no need to randomly dismiss security warning dialogs.

> The warning dialog i try to eliminate is the one which will be displayed
> when https web page transfer to http web page, and vice versa. Because the
> program which i am working on will cause the user's web page  transfered
> between these two situation frequently. My customas think it is better to
> eliminate it.


Your entire approach to this problem is entirely broken.

Safari doesn't warn me when you move from a http to a https page
unless the server is misconfigured. If your server is misconfigured,
fix that.

Secondly, why is your third party application messing with an external
browser so much? People have browser preferences, and it sounds like
you're not respecting those and you're tying it to Safari, which is
bad. Depending on what you're trying to do, embedding WebKit might
provide a better user experience.

> Nice Guy English, can you give me some more details of this acceibility API
> , i am a new Mac programer, example will be better.


<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>

There is sample code for Accessibility in well-documented places.
Expecting people to write your application for you is probably just
going to get you resentment.

Also note that requiring Assistive access for accessible applications
to be turned on will probably alienate a large portion of your user
base.

-- Finlay