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Gibberish application messages…

I updated my copy of Adium instant messenger today, and after it installs, it presents me with this message:

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After reading it, i had no idea what to do. The question starts out “Do you want to allow access…” and the action buttons are “change/dont change”. I knew that one button would probably grant the new version access to my IM account passwords, while the other would deny it. I ended up picking a random option and it happened to be the right one (no whammys!)

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One Response to “Gibberish application messages…”

  1. Katharine Osborne Says:
    July 24th, 2007 at 1:37 am

    Well, the keychain thing throws me – guess it is a mac specific thing (and I am still a newb on the mac). But yeah – it is asking you a yes/no question and giving you nonsensical choices. Maybe this is just my devious mind, but you could have fun building an interface that is completely nonsensical like that (very Monty Python), and forcing people to try using it (while watching them behind a two-way mirror). Might want to have some fragile objects in the room as well to allow them to vent their frustration :-)

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