On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:11:08PM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > > > It is not a very bad idea. A big message box will be intrusive (and > > > scary) but users will learn very quickly how to avoid it. > > > No they won't, they'll just come and complain at you, and at us. Users > > do not read error boxes, and they certainly don't read intrusive and > > rude ones like the one you suggest. > > *nod*, *sign* > > > Andre's suggestion of a status bar message is probably better, but I > > still doubt many will ever see/read it. > > How about a red \alpha instead of black one? Or, a red error box like > the ones after we compile the file?
The effort for a black alpha is zero, the effort for a red one is substantial, or in other words, _I_ won't do it. If there was a clean patch by someone else, I might apply it, though... But if people can't distinguish blue and black I'd guess they won't be good at distinguishing blue and red either.... Andre'
