using the bush tool without mousedown

[bn]

Hi Richard,

Why does that revlet require access to my hard drive?
Why does nearly every revlet deployed ask for that? Is there a bug in the standalone builder? Makes RevWeb seem like the scariest plugin ever invented.

I did this revlet before I realized that I could avoid the permission dialog if I choose the manual security settings and don't check anything in case a revlet does not need any of the options there. Which is actually the case for the qtvr revlet.
If I set it to automatic then you get the permission dialog, which is unnecessary in this case, Rev apparently not realizing, that the access to the movie is on the server which hosts the qtvr revlet. Accessing the same URL as the revlet is hosted on is permitted. Probably setting the filename of a player is impossible for Rev to know where the file is hosted, since Rev does not know where the revlet is served from and since it uses the "URL" syntax Rev seems to err on the save side in asking permissions to access the hard drive.
Anyways the revlet was just a proof of concept and not intended for wide distribution, but I recently changed to manually setting the security settings.
regards
Bernd

[FourthWorld]

Bernd, thanks for taking the time for that explanation. Makes sense, and explains why so many revlets show that scary dialog.

On the one hand, I can appreciate why RunRev would err on the side of security with things like assuming every "set the filename..." may be using local files. But on the other hand I fear for what the reaction to this plugin will be as folks encounter a majority of revlets asking for drive access.