Comments on: /Library/InputManagers http://nslog.com/2007/11/01/library_inputmanagers The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2007/11/01/library_inputmanagers#comment-44133 Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:39:46 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/01/library_inputmanagers#comment-44133 [quote comment="44131"]Input managers are going away. Don't be surprised if they're not in 10.6 at all.[/quote] I know - which makes their "promotion" to system-wide use and root ownership all the more confusing in 10.5. [quote comment="44131"] but with enough restrictions that it's hard for a user to accidentally end up with them installed.[/quote] Ah, but now, users who <em>never actually installed them</em> are "forced" to use them. Tim Buchheim said on November 1, 2007:

Input managers are going away. Don't be surprised if they're not in 10.6 at all.

I know - which makes their "promotion" to system-wide use and root ownership all the more confusing in 10.5.

Tim Buchheim said on November 1, 2007:

but with enough restrictions that it's hard for a user to accidentally end up with them installed.

Ah, but now, users who never actually installed them are "forced" to use them.

]]> By: Tim Buchheim http://nslog.com/2007/11/01/library_inputmanagers#comment-44131 Tim Buchheim Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:40:34 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/01/library_inputmanagers#comment-44131 Input managers are going away. Don't be surprised if they're not in 10.6 at all. They're already unsupported for 64-bit processes in 10.5 (and for anything running as root or group wheel). This "allow them if they're owned by root and installed systemwide" setup is a compromise. Some seeds of Leopard disabled input managers completely. But people complained too much, so they put them back in, but with enough restrictions that it's hard for a user to accidentally end up with them installed. Input managers are going away. Don't be surprised if they're not in 10.6 at all. They're already unsupported for 64-bit processes in 10.5 (and for anything running as root or group wheel).

This "allow them if they're owned by root and installed systemwide" setup is a compromise. Some seeds of Leopard disabled input managers completely. But people complained too much, so they put them back in, but with enough restrictions that it's hard for a user to accidentally end up with them installed.

]]> By: soeren says » Blog Archive » Among my wishes for 10.6 http://nslog.com/2007/11/01/library_inputmanagers#comment-44126 soeren says » Blog Archive » Among my wishes for 10.6 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:36:12 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/01/library_inputmanagers#comment-44126 [...] which will certainly help with the potential threat of malware spreading this way, but, as Erik points out, comes with the non-negligible downside that all installed InputManagers affect every user. They [...] [...] which will certainly help with the potential threat of malware spreading this way, but, as Erik points out, comes with the non-negligible downside that all installed InputManagers affect every user. They [...]

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