X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469C2337.1020905@portugalmail.pt> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:02:31 +0100 From: Pedro Alves User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-BR; rv:1.8.0.12) Gecko/20070509 Thunderbird/1.5.0.12 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: hacked package on server References: <12471618.1184601552985.JavaMail.root@elwamui-lapwing.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <183c528b0707161244s83639c9j8ddfb09da2948f29@mail.gmail.com> <469C1A7E.6060201@gmail.com> <469C1CAF.8090309@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <469C1CAF.8090309@pacific.net.sg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Carlo Florendo wrote: >> Brian Mathis wrote: >> The OP said: >> >> > "Do you want to skip the package?" and has a yes and no button. >> > I read it quickly and pressed no before thinking about it" >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> So you see, it's a problem of thought. The UI message *is* very clear. >> >> One simply needs to think before acting. >> > the message is clear. > > The user answers that he wants to install. > > As I understand this threat, the message is misleading in this case. > > I noticed this many times with the installer. A person who knows the > installer, can give the proper answer. A normal user will answer the > question as he understands it using plain English. > > Do you want to skip the package? > > No! > > Why did I start the installer in the first place? > > To install the package. > Perhaps the screen should flash, and a loud beep should sound every time a MessageBox not related to "install to package" wants to show up. Then wait 3 seconds, show a "warning, going out of install mode" MessageBox, sleep a bit more, and only then show the skip message box. I mean, there has got to be a way to for the program to ask the user a non install related package, right? Seriously: Everyone's clicked on a wrong button before. I know I have - I just don't remember the last time. The switch from: "do you want to format your drive?: +-----+ +-----+ + yes + + no + +-----+ +-----+ to: "do you want to format your drive?: +--------+ +---------+ + format + + cancel + +--------+ +---------+ ... Makes it much easier to understand what the software's up to. And, paint the pushbuttons the same color you've done your bikeshed. Cheers, Pedro Alves -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/