On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 01:50 pm, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/31/2015 9:45 PM, Michiel Overtoom wrote:
>> I'd go even a step further. I think IDLE should not only warn, but > > The warning will require a choice, with the default (if one just hits > <Enter>) being to reject the duplicate and go back to the Save-as > dialog. Please add yourself as nosy on the issue so you can comment on > the message whenever I get around to adding a patch. Users are inclined to ignore alerts, dialogs and error messages, and applications try very, very hard to reinforce that tendency. http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/4518/should-alert-boxes-be-avoided-at-any-cost Good to see that IDLE is going to continue that fine old tradition of degrading usability for the sake of a quick and easy non-solution to a problem. :-( -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
