RE: Folder Creation Confirmation Enhancement

A second thought as I said I don't think I've ever checked out to an
existing directory... perhaps the dialog should be flipped.

"You are checking out to an existing directory, are you sure?"

For most people under normal use (creating a new dir during checkout)
they will only see the dialog during exceptional times.

BOb

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From: B Smith-Mannschott [mailto:bsmith.occs_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:32 PM
To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
Subject: Re: Folder Creation Confirmation Enhancement

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:27, a s <as976586_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> When you check out a folder with TortoiseSVN and the folder you are
checking
> out to does not exist on the local drive, you are asked to confirm
that you
> would like the folder to be created. 99.9% of the time that I use this
I
> automatically click Yes. Would it be possible to add a checkbox to
that
> dialog that says something to the effect of "Remember my answer" that
would
> prevent me from having to dismiss that dialog every time?

And what happens that 0.1% of the time when you don't want to use your
selected default answer?

As Stefan (I think) posted a little while ago - why give users a
feature which will let them shoot themselves in the foot?

By the time this case occurs, the vast majority of users will dismiss
the dialog box without even reading it. They will have been so
thoroughly conditioned by that dialog box constantly popping up and
getting in their way. Forcing the user to make a choice that goes one
way 99% of the time is no protection; it's an exercise in classical
conditioning.

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// Ben Smith-Mannschott
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