I wouldn't necessarily say that you should infer something negative from what I've said. I am just giving one possible relationship between standard UI controls and security. HTH, Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-08-29, at 12:59 AM, Katherine moss wrote: > So no wonder they don’t listen to me now, and I take it that they will > continue to not? > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:38 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: accessibility calls, but some questions from the mods of the > forum in which they are being made > > The only thing that I can think of is that they * may * be trying to protect > their application by using non-standard UI controls that are more difficult > to automate (also more difficult to use with a screen-reader). This is > security through obfuscation. > > This is what online gambling sites do, so that players cannot write > applications to automate the UI and play tables automatically. > > HTH, > > Everett Zufelt > http://zufelt.ca > > Follow me on Twitter > http://twitter.com/ezufelt > > View my LinkedIn Profile > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt > > > > On 2010-08-28, at 10:23 PM, Katherine moss wrote: > > > Hey folks, > I am currently discussing the topic of accessibility with the moderators of > the Bleeping Computer forum. I made the coment that I don’t find > MalwareBites anti-Malware as accessible as it could be and suggesting that > they talk to the developers about it and ask them to possibly think about > making the controls more standardized. One particular mod had the question > of whether using standard windows controls versus custom ones would cause the > staff at MBAM to have to do extra work to protect the program from malware. > Does using windows controls equal a malware attack vector? I’m currently > learning to program in C#, and the book I’m reading says nothing about that. > Some input, explanation? Many thanks, > > Katherine > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5405 (20100828) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5405 (20100828) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5405 (20100828) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com