Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> writes: > Masklinn <masklinn <at> masklinn.net> writes: > > Because users don't read warnings. > > I don't like assuming users are idiots.
You don't have to. You need only assume that users are busy, focussed on a task (“leave feedback”), and will therefore unconsciously filter out *anything* that is not the simplest path to complete that task. > > The warning will therefore be promptly ignored, and then the > > aforementioned user will start ripping on the package because he > > didn't get help following his comment. > > And then it's easy to point out that he was wrong if there was a > warning in the first place. I don't like having systems which make it easier to do the wrong thing than do the right thing, then blame those users for taking the obvious path to their goal. -- \ “I'm a great lover, I'll bet.” —Emo Philips | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
