Error Messages Vs Beeps!

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Error Messages Vs Beeps!

Post by *pdavit »

I’ve noticed that TC (that’s on WinNT v4.0 haven’t tried it on other MS OSs) beeps when I try to access a network folder I do not have permissions to. On the other hand Explorer displays a meaningful message with the type of error/restriction.

Shouldn’t the later case be followed by our beloved TC too? Some inexperienced users (and why not some experienced ones) may not realise what causes the beeps. A message box is more user friendly IMHO even if there is a slight functionality delay from the user interaction! ;)
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Fully agreed...

At the office the speaker is disabled by default.
So no beep at all, but always unsure if the doubleclick was fast enough or even access denied ...
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pdavit wrote:A message box is more user friendly IMHO
And my relatives will be more friendly too, late at nights... :)
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Valentino wrote:
pdavit wrote:A message box is more user friendly IMHO
And my relatives will be more friendly too, late at nights... :)
lol :D i agree...
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Post by *Valentino »

BTW, it is possible to turn off PC speaker in registry:

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REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound]
"Beep"="no"
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Valentino wrote:BTW, it is possible to turn off PC speaker in registry:

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REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound]
"Beep"="no"
i've unplugged the speaker in my case,no worries about beeps :D
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Post by *pdavit »

2 Almost All! ;-)

Well, I didn’t suggest to follow Explorer’s behavior because I find beeps annoying but because as I said it’s a more human-like approach to get a message box with information/details related to the type of restriction or error. Disabling beeps is another issue!

And don’t get me wrong on supporting Explorer here. I don’t. And depending on user preferences we can have an INI entry or a tick box within the configuration settings to activate/deactivate error messaging reporting.
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