X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469C253C.8030809@pacific.net.sg> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:11:08 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) 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> <469C2337.1020905@portugalmail.pt> In-Reply-To: <469C2337.1020905@portugalmail.pt> 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 Hi, Pedro Alves wrote: > 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 no, this is not the idea behind. > 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. > when I start a disk formating program, I understand the question just as a confirmation. When I start an installation program, I will also understand simple questions like this as an confirmation. But the question appears this time not as a confirmation but as an error message. Displaying the short message give the normal user even more the impression that it is just a simple confirmation of what he is intending to do anyway. So, he answers with his intend in mind. Erich > 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/ > > -- 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/