On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:17:22 +0100, Daniel Kinzler daniel@brightbyte.de wrote:
I would however like to add another suggestion: Show an extra warning on the description-page of media in a potentially dangerous format (or rather for any non-image, non-sound format).
That leads to an interesting thought: presumably, non-image files are already blocked from being included "inline"; but what about the magic [[Media:...]] links? I know it's pretty dumb to open a file that you don't know what it is, but some people genuinely are, and it would be nice to do everything we can to help them. ;) In other words, perhaps it would make sense to have *three* whitelists:
1) Images: can be uploaded, linked to direct, and included inline 2) Other trusted files (e.g. sounds, videos): can be uploaded, linked to directly with [[Media:]], but not included inline with [[Image:]] 3) Potentially harmful files (e.g. .zip, .doc): can be uploaded (if they pass a virus scan), but not linked to directly; users are always directed to the description page, where they are presented with a warning message.