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Partial manual install needed - Version: 1.0, 5/11/2005 06:54AM PST
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chembob
There are two widget folders on my computer, one in the library of my user folder, the other in the library at the /library/widgets level. Both have widgets in them. Widget, The World Watcher only installed it's folder action on the one in the user folder so I manually attached it via folder actions to the other. It did warn me about the zaptastic when I tested it on the provided website and offered to delete the offending widget from my desktop, which also seems to have worked. With the exception of having to do the manual install on the root level library/widgets folder this works great.
ChemBob
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Works as advertised - Version: 1.0, 5/10/2005 11:04PM PST
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S. Lanx
Seems to be a folder action and works as advertised. I hope Apple will incorporate something like this in an upcoming patch.
Good Security Reasons - Version: 1.0, 5/10/2005 09:48PM PST
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RAngol
I don't know if I'll be able to put up with the cartoon for long, but there IS good concern to have means of not downloading and installing widgets that are malware. Read the stories on MacInTouch, MacFixIt et all of how this can happen. A utility widget, combined with something like Little Snitch, is going to be something handy to have with 10.4. I'm presently looking at several other widgets in the same class and there are several obvious ways to see how each works. This one does.
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Nevermind the last guy... - Version: 1.0, 5/10/2005 09:29PM PST
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awiseman
...this is great! You'd think that a guy who says that he's a developer would've read the "zaptastic" proof-of-concept article linked in any one of 100 different blogs. You've done a simple yet great thing here, don't let the arrogant elitists disparage you.
The folder action (not a widget as Brad the "developer" asserted) works as advertised and establishes an elegantly simple way of defeating undesired auto-installs of widgets without getting in the way. And contrary to what Brad the "developer" says, no it doesn't need to be a prefpane. Ever heard of K.I.S.S., Brad?
THANKS!!!
Why? - Version: 1.0, 5/10/2005 08:10PM PST
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maxmac
As a developer of widgets and other software, I acutely understand the dangers of errant software. In order for a widget to be errant, it must be able to execute undesirable code. In order to run such code, specific options must be specified to be turned on. Options such as: Allow Command line, Allow external network connection, Allow Plug-ins for widgets, etc. This is all documented in the Dashboard developer section at http://developer.apple.com.
The problem I have with this widget is that if any of these options are turned on, Dashboard will ask you if you want to run/install the plug-in. This would inform you of possible errent widgets.
The other thing is that this seems like it should be a System preference instead of a widget. A widget watching other widgets not only seems like a marketing companies dream, but is just too ironic. You need to have this widget open in the first place! You don't even show the widget nor tell anything about the size. Seems frivolous.
The problem I have with this widget is that if any of these options are turned on, Dashboard will ask you if you want to run/install the plug-in. This would inform you of possible errent widgets.
The other thing is that this seems like it should be a System preference instead of a widget. A widget watching other widgets not only seems like a marketing companies dream, but is just too ironic. You need to have this widget open in the first place! You don't even show the widget nor tell anything about the size. Seems frivolous.
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"The requested URL /zacks/wtww.zip was not found on this server."