> telling users to type 'delete -recurse -noconfirm' would be far less successful.
You're assuming that they know what "recurse" means. :)
If you're going to be verbose in an attempt to shield unsophisticated users, don't lose sight of your target audience.
Posted Feb 12, 2009 16:13 UTC (Thu) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263)
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Directories, directories. Shitty Windows "folder" terminology, even Microsoft once knew better during DOS times.
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Posted Feb 13, 2009 8:04 UTC (Fri) by muwlgr (guest, #35359)
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What about that thing called "Active" Directory ? :>
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Posted Feb 13, 2009 9:49 UTC (Fri) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263)
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That's probably a circumscription for a reiser-backed data storage, because normal directories are pretty much static and inactive by themselves.
(SCNR-reiser-joke-after-everybody-else-had-theirs-already.)