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From: rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang)
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Subject: Re: numeric TEdit (really about useless alerts)
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Date: 3 Jun 89 05:23:23 GMT
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In-reply-to: zben@umd5.umd.edu's message of 2 Jun 89 18:50:34 GMT

In article <4964@umd5.umd.edu> zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) writes:

   Actually I really dislike being interrupted by alerts that are not any fault
   of my own, like SFPutFile DRIVE-ing into a write-inhibited volume.  I would
   MUCH rather some indicator that does not need an explicit mouse click or CR
   on my part to dismiss.

I agree.  That alert is really annoying, especially if you have three
drives and need to press "DRIVE" twice to switch over to your third
drive, going past a write-protected floppy in the process.  Actually,
I don't see any reason for the alert at all...having the disabled
"Save" button should be enough.  Other opinions?

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