>No, I would never present a dialog box confirming a save that is the result of a user clicking on the save button...unless the user specifically asked for this function, and I couldn't talk them out of it.

OK, gotcha.

>That includes designing the message box (and localizing it), the checkbox to turn it off, the registry setting to store that it has indeed been turned off, and the dialog box item that lets you turn the stupid thing back on again. :)
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>I would venture to say, that in the context of building an entire application, this work would be the least of my worries.

You know, in the course of my software experience, I've found that it's the innumerable "little things" that really make delivering an app hard. On the other hand, if you're a good OOP programmer, you'd only have to do all that stuff once.