Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro!norton From: norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Norton Chia) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Inappropriate dialog under 7.0... Message-ID: Date: 10 Jun 91 08:09:02 GMT Article-I.D.: extro.norton.676541342 References: <7425@cactus.org> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) writes: >The setup: copying files to a disk which already has identical files on it. >The resulting dialog: > "Some items in this location have the same names as items you're > moving. Do you want to replace them with the onces you're moving?" >Could cause some alarm, especially if the user takes it at face value (i.e., >moving = copy + delete). At face value, replacing with the on(c)es you're moving means exactly that -> I'm going to wipe out (replace) the stuff with the ones I'm copying across (moving). So what's the alarm? I do think the default should be "Cancel" tho'. -- // Norton Chia || I can be reached via e-mail --> norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU / / Micro Support || Yes, this is Australia calling. ////// AppleLink: AUST0240 / / Uni of Sydney || No, I haven't got anything to say but "Thanks", if I forgot //// When I'm talking half way around the world, my employers can't hear me ///