Posted by Jose on 01/19/06 23:47

> you made the statement that you're not sure if you
> wanted an hta application on your machine... but you're not telling me
> why you think it would be any different than any other executable on
> your machine.

I guess what I'm saying is I don't want it to sneak on my machine
pretending it's a web page. IT makes me suspicious, especially when
when I click on a link I'm expecting to be taken to a page rather than
an executable.

As far as web pages go, it appears that hta is designed primarily to
ensure that IE is required (I wonder what company is interested in that)
and second to expand the power of webmasters and limit the power of
users, while lowering the security. From the specs, it appears to make
something that acts like a crippled web page (from the user's POV) which
circumvents the security issues that (presumably) protect the user.

It's a little like all the advantages of an operating system
modification that allows .txt files to be executed by notepad.

Jose
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