not to be an ass, but don't web browsers use "save to disk?" when downloading? outlook uses "Save As" generic, sure. a thought. i just wonder how much catering to the lowest common denominator is positive. as in useful for the project. I would think, for any software project, you ask "who is my audience?" novice computer users? average users? what's average? anyway... this is a silly and simple example, for certain. but i mean... do day to day users not know what a disk is? as in a storage device? hard disk? In the IT department here, i think that trouble call would have resulted in some one cheerfully and politely explaining to the user that "Save to disk" refered to any disk, not just a floppy disk. you know... user training? people aren't idiots. it is okay to tell them "no, it really means this." if it's reasonable. novice isn't synonymous to moron. certainly the user is not to be made fun of; that isn't productive. but using a computer/desktop environment/ mail client, while not brain surgery, isn't making toast either. you do have to care enough, to understand enough to use any tool well. anyway... something to consider, Harrison Bergeron er, Kirby Ubben On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 11:31, Warren Post wrote:
I'd say that's an excellent suggestion. It's just the sort of thing that would confuse a novice user. Warren El jue, 11-07-2002 a las 12:44, Tom Cross escribió:One of our users here received an email with an attachment and had to call the IS guys to help figure out how to save the attachment. The reason? She saw the "Save to Disk" option and figured that since she didn't have a floppy disk to save it on, that was NOT the option she wanted to use. So now I wonder if anyone else thinks this is a big deal? Would it help if the option was changed to "Save attachment"?_______________________________________________ evolution maillist - evolution ximian com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
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