Openning Python program

[Cecil Westerhof]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:

>> > How difficult would it be to get people to read those lines, though?
>>
>> That does remind me about a system administrator who wanted to make a
>> point. He changed something on the server so all the Windows computers
>> started up and gave a message:
>>         If you want to continue: click Cancel
>>
>> The help-desk became flooded with calls. I think he did a great job of
>> showing a vulnerability. But it was not appreciated and he was fired.
>> :'-(
>>
>
> First image in this collection:
>
> https://thedailywtf.com/articles/How-Do-I-Use-This
>
> For those who can't click on links, it's a screenshot of a
> confirmation dialogue. The user asked to cancel all the current
> transfers, and the system wanted to check that the user really wanted
> to do that; if you do indeed want to cancel those transfers, click
> "Cancel", but if you actually don't want to, click "Cancel" instead.

His dialog was crystal clear. The problem was that most users just
click OK without reading the message. And that was what his little
experiment showed.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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