A really good article on software usability

[Les]

On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 16:39 +0000, Scott van Looy wrote:
> Today Anne Wilson did spake thusly:
> 
> > I repeat - I want to make the decisions.  I do not want anyone else to make
> > them for me.  If that makes me a control freak, so be it.  My disaster plan
> > saved my company precisely because I'm a control freak.  You may choose to
> > save a few seconds of your life, save yourself some effort several times a
> > day and take risks that are unacceptable to me.  Fine.  You have a right to
> > choose that.  Just do not make me do the same.
> 
> Agreed. As an example, for Les, if you're anything like me, think how many 
> times the fact you have to type "y" has saved you from accidentally rm ing 
> something?
> 
> Ever hit send in an email client only to notice something wrong with the 
> email as it whizzes off?
> 
I don't suppose any of us has ever been doing the ubiquitous "clean up
the file system" trick and decided to unalias rm to eliminate that pesky
"y" and then inadvertantly typed "rm *" in some valuable place?  Not
MEEEEE!!!!  Help me Mr. Bill, I've deleted the system!!!!

Regards,
Les H