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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What I'd like to see in the AppleShare of the 90's
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Date: 14 Jan 90 18:29:23 GMT
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roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
 
>Just put a button in the dialog box to abort the connection, if you
>prefer not to wait.  Make the hitting the abort button issue a "are
>you sure you want to do this?" alert dialog warning the user that
>aborting the connection might cause work to get lost.
 
The problem is: what are you going to do with novice users? There are
going to be plenty of people who aren't going to have the foggiest
idea what to do with that message."The server is disconnected" might
not mean much to some people, but it will at least let them continue
using their Mac.
 
The next time they save their doc, their app should give them a Save
As dialog (since the original volume is now gone) and let them save to
a local volume.
 
Sure, this still isn't perfect, but IMHO much better for the
non-techie user than stopping them in their tracks if something
outside of their Mac has gone awry.
 
Stephan Somogyi
NetWorkShop Manager
MacUser