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[Scott Anguish]

On Apr 12, 2007, at 3:25 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote:

> I accept the responsibility for crashes on a per-application basis -  
> if I installed the extension then I know where to look if the  
> application crashes.
>
	Perhaps, but most users would not.

> I have similar feelings about system-wide extensions, to give me  
> things on the Mac that Apple doesn't think I should have, or hasn't  
> got around to providing, although I am more careful with these.
>

	Unfortunately, Mom and Dad don't necessary know any better.
>
>> If people who know what they're doing want to do unsupported  
>> things, so be it. Most users aren't in this category, though.
>
> Ok, so why not provide a warning dialog when installing the  
> InputManager, or when an application with an InputManager starts up  
> (checkbox for hide this warning etc), rather than remove  
> InputManagers altogether.

Because, again, most users would not understand this, and it is a  
security issue on top of that.