Comments on: Undo is better than Confirm

By: Bennett

Bennett — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:30:55 +0000

You can always make the effect of an action visible. For example, when deleting something you can add a notification message saying something like “Item deleted. Undo” where the Undo is a link.

You’re right, sometimes an undo is impossible. For example, sending an email or formatting a disk. In those cases confirm might be the best option. I would be interested to hear of any alternatives.

By: halloleo

halloleo — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:11:29 +0000

great rule!

i guess only in 2 situations we should still use “confirm”:
- when the effefect of the action has little visibility or
- where an undo is impossible.

By: Bennett

Bennett — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:02:57 +0000

Yes! WordPress has seen the light. Undo is harder to implement than confirmation, but it’s so much better for users.

By: subash

subash — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:24:41 +0000

Nicely written.

Once i had also deleted my wordpress post by mistake and i clicked “are you sure?” too accidentally.
But now wordpress sends the posts or anything into trash and latter we can gain them back.