Re: [Usability]Insert/overwrite, how should i do a usability study?

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 01:53, Roberto Rosselli Del Turco wrote:
> 
> Yes, but you could just include the usual checkbox "Don't display this
> warning next time", so that newbies are warned about the implications of
>    overwriting (and possibily pointed to the change in cursor shape),
> while more experienced users will be annoyed once only.
> 
> Ciao
> 
> 

Re ccing this to usability and taking nautilus-list off the CC (how did
this get sent to nautilus-list?)

FWIW "Don't display this warning next time" check-boxes in dialogs are
basically considered the bane of ui design. (ie. they suck) For every
such dialog you need to implement a preference (mozilla is a perfect
example). If you need to provide such a preference it is pretty clear
that your dialog is useless and you need to find a better solution to
your problem.

dave