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

[Jorge Rodriguez]

That's part of the problem. An easily dismissible confirmation is as bad as
an obnoxious one, but in different ways. The user is apt to not even notice
it existed, which would defeat its purpose.

Solutions would be to more clearly demarcate objects that are selected, to
reduce accidental pressing of the delete key by moving it elsewhere, or as
a failsafe to save historical versions of the file for the user. Or, simply
to accept that mistakes happen to even the most careful users despite any
attempts to mitigate them. Confirmation is a usability mistake.

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Paweł Łyczkowski
<pawellyczkowski at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
> >
>
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