We have a hotfix for 10.2.2 addressing issues with the Welcome Page and Documentation tabs. If you've found issues here, download and apply it!
We have a hotfix for 10.2.2 addressing issues with the Welcome Page and Documentation tabs. If you've found issues here, download and apply it!
https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/10-2-2-welcome-page-and-documentation-hotfix
https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/10-2-2-welcome-page-and-documentation-hotfix
https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/10-2-2-welcome-page-and-documentation-hotfix
https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/10-2-2-welcome-page-and-documentation-hotfix
I have to admit, I am pleased with it broken.
ReplyDeleteObservations (AKA rhetoric)
The first "hot fix" addresses fixing a primary advertising channel, that loads and runs a bunch of internet script in my development environment.
Previous versions only beg me to upgrade, so any useful information presented seems to last not much longer then the current version.
On start, my license is validated, and it is known if I bought the update. Companies that make database tools should demonstrate they can effectively use the tools they sell. That applies to email campaigns as well.
I wonder if (and when) the scripts will start mining bit coin between compiles.
And who will be mining? Embarc or did I get hacked?
Does Embarc have a good history of running a secure server?
Are the scripts secure enough to download and run in my development environment (or does the system require a hot-fix just to run)?
Somehow, I wish the first hot-fix I have to spend time installing would address something that is less about fixing an advertising channel, and more about fixing product issues.
Seriously, is there not one single other issue that could be addressed in this hot-fix?
Joe
Joe C. Hecht I think your rhetoric is overblown - especially "advertising channel" and "bitcoin mining."
ReplyDeleteThe welcome page displays upcoming events and webinars. Those are /useful/. It displays recent Youtube channel uploads. Those are /useful/. These are not advertisements: they are feeds displaying topics you can learn about. We put them there because we produce a lot of content, and we hope people find it useful, and we want it to be more visible.
As for bitcoin - all scripts are local, on your hard drive. If you're truly worried about someone hacking the welcome page to mine bitcoin, they're going to have to hack your computer first, and you'll have bigger worries.
As for another hotfix, yes, there are other things we could fix, for sure. I do understand that, and I certainly wish those other issues didn't exist. This one came first because it was ready first.
David Millington My rhetoric was clearly labelled as such, and as rhetoric, was designed to be overblown.
ReplyDeleteI understand the content is useful - for today. Tomorrow? Historically, it will become advertising. You say "These are not advertisements" but how long might your statement remain true?
The content is dynamically delivered. My bigger worry is someone trying to tell folks that that dynamic web content cannot be hacked to go from the security risk (that it is) to a security exploit.
Many sites are mining bit-coin via web scripts. They dump passwords too. What makes your code different? Is it well written, or require a hot fix?
I do think it is perfectly valid to question hooking up a dynamic internet script engine that runs in the background to a corporate development system, much less a compiler system capable of building and executing an exploit.
As far as the hot-fix contents, I do understand. I am releasing a hot-fix today that adds two small useful additions to the hot-fix, to help take some of the sting off the inconvenience and hassle installing hot-fix bestows on a customer.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy good content, but I start RAD Studio to go to work and compile code, not to watch you tube video feeds. I get that sort of content here (:
Again, it's just an observation.