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Similar idea as GitHub's "type the exact name of this repository if you want to delete it" confirmation dialog. Maybe that's really what you want to do, but in
by dgritsko 6y ago
Similar idea as GitHub's "type the exact name of this repository if you want to delete it" confirmation dialog. Maybe that's really what you want to do, but in case that's not actually what you meant to do, having a few extra hoops to jump through seems like a good idea.
- Hokusai 6y ago> having a few extra hoops to jump through seems like a good idea. I think that there is more to that. You need to consciously type the name of the repo that you want to remove. Windows used to add a lot of jumps to get something done, and the result was mindless clicking the "yes" button and realizing 1 second later that you deleted important information. That extra hoops need to be cognitive meaningful.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoYes, and infrequent; the main issue with Windows (Vista mainly) was that it appeared far too often. Even with 7, when you're setting it up for the first time for example, I think it shows up too often. Same with Terms & Conditions. If you want your customers to truly have read and understood them, you have to show them a short quiz at the end of it. You're required to do a quiz in Europe nowadays if you want to engage in stock trading.
- wjdp 6y agoDo you type the repo name, or just copy/paste or select/middle click it? Half of me would want them to put `user-select: none` on that text. The other half has to archive 10+ repos and would hate that!
- segfaultbuserr 6y agoSome disk management software also has "type the exact label of this partition to reformat it" to prevent accidental data loss.
- edanm 6y agoThat's what I thought of immediately as well! I've seen that pattern in a few other places too, and I always think it's a really good UX choice.