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it's surprising to me that so far, no one has pointed out that this sort of user behaviour is A Bad Thing. while Undo is definitely important and desirable, a
by joh6nn 16y ago
it's surprising to me that so far, no one has pointed out that this sort of user behaviour is A Bad Thing. while Undo is definitely important and desirable, a user base that ignores attempts to communicate with them is not. i don't know if the issue is that warnings are the wrong way to communicate, or if it's that we haven't done our jobs on user education, but the fact that we have somehow trained the average Joe to just click "ok" without reading is indicative of a larger problem than irreversible actions.
- BenSS 16y agoDialogs like that should be reserved for important, irreversible changes but instead are used everywhere. They're no longer read and solely seen as an interruption to the program flow. Always providing undo, or a delayed action without interrupting what the user is doing eliminates the need to retrain users.