That hyperlinks warning

[EMRhelp.org]

The complaint is inevitable. If they don't warn then people open unsafe
links and get themselves infected then blame Microsoft for not doing enough
to protecet them. I don't like the warning either, but they were browbeaten
into it. I think I can safely say that Chris and Owen don't like the
warning either -- if I'm wrong I'm sure they'll correct me.
Aloha,
-Ben-

Every other warning in Windows can be turned off, why not OneNote's
hollow warnings ? It's pretty pathetic to let M$ lawyers get in the
way of writing good software. I just laugh when I reinstall an OS and
IE gives the warning message "this web page may not be secure" ..
however .. at least I can click "hide this warning in the future".

This issue is a great example on how Microsoft's painfully long release
cycle cripples users. It will be interesting to see what happens in a
year when OneNote 2.0 is released.

 

[rickym]

I'm taking bets that absolutely nothing will be done about this issue. The
attitude seems to be that MS has to hold the consumer's hand at all times.
Turn a warning off?? Oh my, no!! That would rip a hole in the fabric of the
universe!!

Sigh. Such is life. And it seemed like such a promising program.

 

[EMRhelp.org]

OneNote is just for note taking.
I'm hoping it turns into something more but it's not looking good.

 

[rickym]

That's what is so sad. It would just take a tiny bit of imagination and
creativity to make OneNote the "sliced bread" of note taking and file
organization programs. But it seems like MS has lost its edge in that regard.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

I do wish the next version were "more accomodating", but I have serious
doubts. Microsoft is not known for making changes like that.
Unfortunately,
when you are the big gorilla, you don't have to accomodate anyone.

O.K., whatever.


--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

 

[rickym]

I tried it again, and it worked for me as well, although I do wish that they
could be eliminated altogether without so much trouble. MS's paranoia about
lawsuits notwithstanding.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[EMRhelp.org]

All hyperlinks warnings are present in OneNote 12 Beta1

Sorry folks.

Many oddities persist:
I get hyperlinks warnings for
(1)local files, local folders

but I do not get warnings for :
(1) folders on my server
(2) files on the server
(3) URL

So .. in summary I can open a strange .htm file on a strange website
with no warning, but opening my own folder on my local computer gives
me a dire warning.

Annoying.

 

[EMRhelp.org]

HyperLinking in OneNote works quite well.
If I find a Note in OneNote that I want to use elsewhere ... I can
"Copy a HyperLink to this Page" .. then when I paste it in Word 2003,
the hyperlink appears.

The hyperlink is this :

onenote://C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/OneNote12isWeak/My%20Documents/OneNote%20Notebooks/Work/WorkSubFolder/subsubfolder/this%20is%20it22.one#section-id={12F7C71C-9C99-4711-B7F2-D8CB596980D2}&page-id={09EE2371-C88D-4ADF-82A3-BBE57839F200}&end

So ... when I click that in Word, I get a hyperlink warning in Word.
..... and when OneNote opens I get another warning ....
2 warnings in one click MS ! You've stooped to new lows in productivity

 

[EMRhelp.org]

More oddities:

If I save my Local word file as a .htm file and then open it with IE, I
don't get the first warning, only the second one.

 

[rickym]

So, you are noticing what drives me nuts. All those warnings, and it's just
a local file. On my very own PC, and you are right, productivity reaches a
new low.

It would be so much easier, especially when I am referencing a 60 page
document, just to be able to QUICKLY hyperlink to it, rather than scan it
into 60 pages of OneNote. And, when I have to go through a whole raft of
documents with a client, having to go through even one warning is too much,
much less TWO!!

Ricky

 

[EMRhelp.org]

More silliness from MS OneNote 2007.

When I link from one page in OneNote to another page, I get the warning
message (requiring a click, wasting my time)

Microsoft Office has identified a potential security concern ....

I believe this is because I was linking to a .one file in \My
Documents\ and not in in \My Documents\My Notebook\

 

[rickym]

Which keeps me thinking that either someone in MS legal or MS programming is
a complete paranoid.

 

[Chris H.]

If you're running the beta product, report your issues within the proper
channels of the beta newsgroups and beta bug reporting section.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[rickym]

I am NOT using a beta product. So, why should I report my issues to those
groups? The issue I have is with a product you released and I paid for.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

I am NOT using a beta product. So, why should I report my issues to those
groups? The issue I have is with a product you released and I paid for.

1. The message below, which Chris was responding to, posted by
"EMRhelp.org" starts off "...MS OneNote 2007." That's a beta product.
2. As far as I know Chris H. has not released any products.


--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

 

[rickym]

Ah, well, I still think the post was in the right spot. He's merely noting
that the problem I'm having hasn't been fixed in the newer version. I'm sure
I would post something about it in the beta area, but I'm not using the beta
version.

Aaaaaand, I don't think they're going to fix the problem in any version, so
why bother, right?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aaaaaand, I don't think they're going to fix the problem in any version,
so
why bother, right?

Well, the people you need to convince are not Microsoft - it's the people
who complained when the warnings weren't there. Believe me, the development
teams would LOVE to get rid of those warnings. It's a pain in the neck to
them too. I've met with a lot of developers for various Office products and
I've never met one who said "Gosh, we've got these great new warnings in the
product!" But like I said, it wasn't their idea to begin with.

Every time some newbie, who hasn't updated his Norton since 2002, opens up
an attachment that promises naked photos of Brtny and gets themselves
infected they run around screaming how it's Microsoft's fault that they
weren't protected. And the press jumps in and rails at Microsoft for not
being secure enough and next thing you know Microsoft is having to fight an
expensive 3-month PR battle because some doof got suckered into thinking he
was getting free p*rn.

In the Outlook groups about every week or two somebody comes in and blames
Microsoft because they don't single-handedly stop all spam.

As one Office PM said to me once: "Making Microsoft Office is like ordering
pizza for 40 million people."


--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

 

[rickym]

OK ... but once again, that brings me to the point of:

1. Why not allow the warnings to be turned off for local files, or for
local files of certain types??

2. Why not allow the user to make the decision after one big-ass warning?

Some of us don't need MS to hold our hands. Some of us don't troll the
Internet looking for p*rn or download anything unless it's from a trusted
source. Why make us suffer because someother people are complete idiots?

 

[EMRhelp.org]

Please please get rid of these hyperlink warnings in Beta2.
I will tatoo a waiver indemnifying M$ of any ill effects I might suffer
from linking to my own files.
thank you.

To suggest less would be uncivilized.

 

[rickym]

Oh, yes!! Me too!! A tattoo would be infinitely better than being told how
dangerous it is to link to my very own files.

Ricky