[Bf-funboard] Bf-funboard Digest, Vol 79, Issue 8

[Paweł Łyczkowski]

Propose a solution then, rather than complain. In my opinion there is no 
better way to prevent accidentally deleting things than a confirmation 
request. Please note that the confirmation requests that Blender uses 
are much faster than standard ones, appearing directly under the mouse, 
and being cancelled by moving the mouse away.

Regards
PLyczkowski

> Sounds to me like a problem with Blender deleting things without the user
> knowing. It's not a problem that can be fixed with confirmations, since
> perhaps the user meant to delete something inside the viewport and doesn't
> realize that another object outside the viewport is also selected. If we
> want to avoid the trash bin then Blender needs to let the user know that it
> deleted the object, but there's many ways to do that without bothering the
> user with a confirmation request. Otherwise Blender is like Windows Vista's
> UAC, constantly asking for permission to do shit, and the user habitually
> always presses "Okay" and thus no additional security is had. The
> confirmation is just the wrong tool for the job.
>