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Re: Feature Request: Remove confirmation dialog

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:34:06 +0200

Robert Dailey wrote:

> How is the feedback useful? If it gave you a "cancel" option for the
> operation, I would be a bit more inclined to understand its usefulness.
> However, it's simply just giving you an "OK" button, redundantly
> informing you of what you've already done. I clicked the option in the
> context menu, that's informative enough. If I have a confirmation after
> that, I would at least expect a cancel button. The confirmation serves
> no real purpose other than to force the user to click an extra button.

The feedback is useful because many people hit the wrong entry in a
context menu by accident. That way, you know what command you executed -
otherwise you would wonder: "did it work?" or "what did I click on?".

Stefan

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