On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:55:01PM -0600, Matt Kremer wrote:
Quoting Aaron Maupin <maupin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>I wouldn't want to be the person responsible when a game destroys
>someone's C: directory or even just installs a "screensaver" utility.
>Advertising "Play Game Online" gives users a false sense of security.
>Many kids, for example, are not allowed to download games; their
>parents restrict them to browser based games. You definitely need some
>sort of obvious notice that executables are running outside of a
>sandbox and can do absolutely anything they like to a user's system.
In browser games can do the same thing.
Flash sure can't, I don't know about Java.
I could add an "About Play
Game Online" link that tells how the system works.
That would be good.
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James Paige