Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 03:44:51PM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote: >> Yes, everyone now has been quite hilarious on this part of the >> matter, but I think it's time to get past the arrogance and, god >> forbid, consider that a user's reported problem, oh my god, might >> actually be a problem! > > You did receive one response with a suggestion: > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-07/msg00396.html > > I don't see how it's productive for you to assume humor-as-arrogance > and respond to that but avoid responding to the suggestion. > >> Any time there's a report of a user having a problem with an >> interface, *especially* one that's _supposedly_ so easy and obvious, >> why not address it? Or why not AT LEAST take a thought and say to >> yourself, "if something is supposed to be so simple and obvious, and >> yet someone is having a problem with it, maybe *I* am making an >> assumption about the simplicity of it?" > > Ok. I'll bite. Has anyone done a google search to see if anyone else > was confused by this message? The message seems pretty clear to me > and not something that I would misinterpret. It doesn't seem like > this is something that anyone should take a lot of time fixing if > we've only gotten one complaint. OTOH, if more people have been > confused by the message then possibly it is something worth changing. > > cgf
Well in my opinion It could even be better to have an unchecked checkbox like: Wrong MD5 sum detected. This package look broken. Try another mirror. ( ) Yes I Really want to install this even if it looks broken. OK Or something like that. Then its two clicks or several keystrokes before one can continue. -- tel 0920 49 1894 Bengt-Arne Fjellner -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
