We Saw a Chicken …

Day: 8 June 2005

  • more web file managers

    I’ve previously written about PHPFileExchange, but it looks like it has strange installation requirements. Cwfm and Owl might do the happy thing, but neither looks quite perfect.

  • windows is killing usability, pt. 314

    Sent some urgent data to a client yesterday. This morning, a couple of frantic e-mails in my inbox: “Our IT dept has blocked zip files ‘cos they’re a security threat. Please resend!”

    So basically, Windows now means we have to:

    1. create the zip file
    2. rename it to .zap, .zep, .zop, .zup, … or whatever
    3. send the file
    4. the recipient has to save the attachment, and rename the file.

    Listen, I want to go to a sensible place today. How long will it be before those alternative endings are compromised (or that Windows gets a less lobotomised security model)?