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For GUIs I 100% agree it should always use verbs. For command lines I think there's a very long history of confirming destructive things and allowing for /usr/
by pfranz 9y ago
For GUIs I 100% agree it should always use verbs. For command lines I think there's a very long history of confirming destructive things and allowing for /usr/bin/yes, so verbs don't quite make sense.
I think GUIs took so long coming around because of the command line.
- acqq 9y agoThe question "Do you want to save" on exit (which some software asks) is destructive when answered "no" (you lose shat you've typed and efited). I've always found it wrong, as in most other cases answering yes is destructive ("do you want to format?")
- Spivak 9y agoIt's effectively a different way of asking "Are you sure?" where the affirmative continues.