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I think I have read some research in healthcare field that such confirmations aren’t s helpful as you would think. One reason of course is a combination of ala
by Pulcinella 9y ago
I think I have read some research in healthcare field that such confirmations aren’t s helpful as you would think.
One reason of course is a combination of alarm fatigue and the fact that software has trained people to just always click yes when an annoying pop up appears.
Another is that people will think the have already clicked the correct thing button. So it’s less “Oh a confirmation box has appeared, let me confirm that I pressed the correct button” and more “stupid computer, of course I clicked the right button, that’s what I want to do!” without realizing they did in fact accidentally click the wrong button.
- ghaff 9y agoThat's fair. Typing something out helps somewhat with the confirmation reflex problem. (Essentially hitting OK or typing Y as almost a single motion with the original selection.) But you're right that, if you think you've selected the right thing especially in a high pressure situation under time pressure, you may well not read through the warning but just take whatever action is required to confirm.
- christophilus 9y agoHaving to type "YES" or "ALERT" would be useless, I agree. But having to type: "SEND A REAL ALERT" or something like that would probably be reasonably useful. The way GitHub prompts me before deleting a repo is a good example of a useful prompt. The text I have to type is the name of the repo being deleted.