Thanks Charles you hit the nail on the head, I would love to be able to at least control how often I get to see the message.
To give an example where it is useful, back in the day when before tabbed browsing was a new concept you would end up opening every new site on a different browser window, which would automatically lead you into the habit of closing the window when you are done using with a particular site and it would not be not much of a hassle. But when multiple tabs were opened within the same window it became necessary to let the user know that closing the window would close all tabs, I remember I let that option be on for several weeks to get used to this new way of interacting with a browser window, and it had prevented me accidentally closing a tab that I was still in the middle of reading or doing a task. The key being they allowed me to keep reminding them and once I got used to the whole idea I clicked on "don't remind me anymore" and it was gone I haven't come across a similar mechanism to turn these "annoying messages" off, which also begs a question if this is not considered feedback then what category would it fall under? Apar On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Charles Hannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wouldn't call either of these system messages (desktop items or > newly installed programs) examples of "feedback." Feedback should > be thought of as the system's response indicating that it has > correctly (or not) received the user's intended action. These are > examples of unnecessary and annoying notifications intended, I guess, > for perpetual beginners. Why isn't there at least a simple "never > see this message again" link embedded in them? > > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
