Dangerous UI Choices

Posted by Brian Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:46:16 GMT

When you start the authoring environment with a new workspace you are presented with a number of prompts as you start working. For example, the first time you make a change to an item you are prompted if you want to check this item out. These prompts are numerous and annoying enough that you are trained to check the box that says to always perform this action. Are there any cases where this is bad though? Well…

After you have been using the authoring environment for some time you will eventually want to delete an instance. You will get the same prompt that you have seen for numerous other actions and will absentmindedly click through to always perform this action. What you have just done is get rid of the "Did you really mean to delete this?" prompt. This is bad enough already, but it is compounded by the following fact.

Delete button next to refresh Yes, that is a commonly used refresh button right next to your now irreversible delete button. Now, for example, if you are debugging a process in production and accidentally hit delete instead of refresh you are screwed. Somebody needs to take a remedial class in UI design. This problem exists in both Teamworks 6 and 7.

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