on 1/1/04 3:33 AM, chuck goolsbee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I use a great control panel named Okey Dokey Pro on my servers. You set a
>>> time (I set it to 30 seconds), and it hits the default button of any dialog
>>> box on the screen.
>>
>> I used to use that, then one time I saw an alert box that had the default
>> option of "format hard drive?"
>> I don't use it anymore.
>
> I don't buy that pal. I have yet to see a default button that has
> destructive power of that magnitude. It does not conform to the UI
> spec... try erasing a floppy with just the return key... doesn't
> work.... since 'cancel' becomes the default button.
>
> You can't erase a boot drive in the MacOS anyway (at least not yet...
> OS 10 will probably allow it from the command line root prompt... but
> that doesn't have a 'button'. =)
>
> If you are going to offer help if a forum such as this either know
> what you are talking about, or if you are trying to be funny, be
> clear that it is humor you are offering, not 'help.'
> </rant>
>
> --chuck goolsbee
> geek wrangler, digital.forest inc, bothell, wa <http://www.forest.net>
> list mom, mac-mgrs mailing list... <http://www.mac-mgrs.org>
>
There was once a gag INIT that would put up something like that. Sort of
like the one that put up a dialog and then had the only button (OK) tear off
and run around the screen -- kinda like when you try to push the north poles
of two magnets together. Every time you got the mouse close, the OK button
would slide away. (As I recall, if you gave up and just clicked where the
OK button started from, the spot was still sensitive and the dialog would go
away...) Anyway, for a while (years back) these sort of practical jokes were
running thru the Mac community. I'd believe this was one of those cases.
After all, every HD utility I've ever seen has the default be NOT doing
something.
- Eric.
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