>>>>I think it depends mainly on the user. Anyway, you can always have an "Are sure you want to save" message on the screen... Eventually, a second "Are you absolutly sure..." message. :)
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>>>The problem with this approach, Vlad, is that it penalizes the power users who know what they're doing.
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>>Then you need to decide if you are going to follow Programmer's Axiom 1.5b (I think that's the number) that says "If you create a system an idiot can use, then only an idiot will want to use it." You really can't have it both ways unless you want to have butt-loads of code that does nothing except test the 'expertise' of the user. Personally, I've always assumed that 1) my users are relatively intelligent (they can walk and breathe at the same time) and 2) they CAN be taught.
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>Dorris,
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> The other end of that is
> YOU CAN'T MAKE ANYTHING IDIOT PROOF---
> BECAUSE IDIOTS ARE SO INGENIOUS !!!
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>Jeff

That's where there's one thing that I both like and really annoy me in most (all?) M$ apps, their "Do not ask me this again" little checkbox. They get annoying when you first start a using (or reinstalling) a program and each and every option has that checkbox, but eventually, you end up disabling pretty much all of them, or, after a longer while, you find the menu option to disable them from one central spot :)

I figure that this could be another approach, or as well, the old "Dos" way of doing things... Having multiple user levels; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced with all options being set that way. Dos may be in the witness relocation program, but there were many good things to come out of this era.

That's my 2 cents (canadian :) worth,

Hugo Dahl