Openning Python program

[Cecil Westerhof]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 06:51, Cecil Westerhof via Python-list
> <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Ah. Yes, that... that sounds like a very familiar and serious vulnerability.

I really think that always clicking on OK without ever checking what
is going to happen is a problem. It at least shows that 'user
friendly' software can be counter productive.

>From long ago:
     Are you sure that you want to take this action?

     Yes.


     Are you really sure that you want to take this action?

     Yes.


     Are you really, really sure that you want to take this action.

     Yes. (With a curse under the breath.)

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof