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For at least 10 years I've wanted to have a GUI version of this switch: http://awaregeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/panikknap.jpg http://awaregeek.com/wp-c

by cool-RR 17y ago

For at least 10 years I've wanted to have a GUI version of this switch: http://awaregeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/panikknap.jpg http://awaregeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/panikknap.jp... (This is the best picture I could find, ideally I'd want the switch to be facing the person.) I think it'll be possible to do something like this in-browser, with an animation that shows the plastic cover opening.

johns 17y ago
One way to achieve that would be to make the user check a confirmation box before enabling the submit button. I've used this in a couple places and I've never seen it confuse anyone.
- lotharbot 17y ago
  I was doing my taxes the other day and clicked a button to import some information. It automatically upgraded me from the free version of the tax software (which doesn't have that specific functionality) to the paid version -- no confirmation, no "are you sure?", no undo function. Had I not been planning on upgrading to the paid version anyway, I'd have been really, really upset. Compare this to, say, Amazon. In order to purchase something, I add it to my cart, and then go through a checkout process, which clearly details what I'm buying and lets me remove stuff from my cart. It's pretty dang hard to accidentally buy something on Amazon. Having an "enable" checkbox or a post-click "are you sure you want to [clear description of what you clicked]?" confirmation are great ways to help users avoid accidentally deleting something they wanted to send, or sending something they wanted to save, or buying something they wanted to remove from their cart.
  - ggchappell 17y ago
    That problem with the tax software does not sound like something to be kept secret. What were you using?
    - lotharbot 17y ago
      H&R Block's online version. The initial page actually did say that to import the info required an upgrade, but it was poorly worded, and the lack of a confirmation or undo option was frustrating. I put in a complaint to their customer service guys, who said that the only way to go back to the free version is to register a new account. Like I said, had I not actually planned to upgrade to the paid version partway through the process, I'd have been extremely angry and probably gone to one of their competitors.

by cool-RR 17y ago

johns 17y ago

One way to achieve that would be to make the user check a confirmation box before enabling the submit button. I've used this in a couple places and I've never seen it confuse anyone.

lotharbot 17y ago
I was doing my taxes the other day and clicked a button to import some information. It automatically upgraded me from the free version of the tax software (which doesn't have that specific functionality) to the paid version -- no confirmation, no "are you sure?", no undo function. Had I not been planning on upgrading to the paid version anyway, I'd have been really, really upset. Compare this to, say, Amazon. In order to purchase something, I add it to my cart, and then go through a checkout process, which clearly details what I'm buying and lets me remove stuff from my cart. It's pretty dang hard to accidentally buy something on Amazon. Having an "enable" checkbox or a post-click "are you sure you want to [clear description of what you clicked]?" confirmation are great ways to help users avoid accidentally deleting something they wanted to send, or sending something they wanted to save, or buying something they wanted to remove from their cart.
- ggchappell 17y ago
  That problem with the tax software does not sound like something to be kept secret. What were you using?
  - lotharbot 17y ago
    H&R Block's online version. The initial page actually did say that to import the info required an upgrade, but it was poorly worded, and the lack of a confirmation or undo option was frustrating. I put in a complaint to their customer service guys, who said that the only way to go back to the free version is to register a new account. Like I said, had I not actually planned to upgrade to the paid version partway through the process, I'd have been extremely angry and probably gone to one of their competitors.