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

[Paweł Łyczkowski]

I'd say that the vanishing confirmation dialogue is a problem, I saw 
people struggle with it. A clickable cancel button just below the 
confirmation button would be a solution.

W dniu 08-06-2012 22:57, Jorge Rodriguez pisze:
> 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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