Just putting in my 2 cents: Wouter's suggested idea is a fantastic compromise. It allows power users to keep using the delete key without being interrupted by having to confirm an action, but things that are accidentally trashed can be quickly and easily un-done. It'll be interesting to see what the user testing shows.
>Perhaps we could have one of those yellow message bars that some
>applications use, to tell you you deleted a file and providing a
>button to cancel it? It is less intrusive and still provides a clue
>about what happened and a way to undo it."
Just putting in my 2 cents: Wouter's suggested idea is a fantastic compromise. It allows power users to keep using the delete key without being interrupted by having to confirm an action, but things that are accidentally trashed can be quickly and easily un-done. It'll be interesting to see what the user testing shows.
>Perhaps we could have one of those yellow message bars that some
>applications use, to tell you you deleted a file and providing a
>button to cancel it? It is less intrusive and still provides a clue
>about what happened and a way to undo it."