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> In 2015, when I see and use software that doesn't subtly prompt the user to undo actions for a short period of time after an interaction I just shake my head.
by Too 11y ago
> In 2015, when I see and use software that doesn't subtly prompt the user to undo actions for a short period of time after an interaction I just shake my head.
Subtly prompting is not enough, keeping a recycle bin or undo-stack is much preferable. The android photo app is a great example of this. By sliding right or left you move to the next/previous photo. By sliding the photo up you delete it and then move to the next photo! The only notification of this is a subtle prompt at the bottom of the screen: "Photo deleted - Undo?"
I gave my tablet to my mom to browse through photos, guess what she did to browse to the next photo: swipe up. She didn't notice the subtle prompt at the bottom of the screen and ended up deleting half of my photos before she noticed it, by then it was too late as the undo only worked one step back. Luckily i had the photos stored elsewhere also.
- shawabawa3 11y agoThis has to be the worst UI decision I've seen in any app ever. Especially as when you're lying down the phone can switch between landscape and portrait seemingly randomly, and suddenly the exact same action for scrolling becomes delete