April 2016
Intermediate to advanced
325 pages
9h 24m
English
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Chapter 22 Instead of Interrupting, Offer Undo
Have you ever accidentally done something stupid while using a computer and the computer warned you about it, but you just clicked the warning away, because you were thinking, “I know what I’m doing. Get out of my way, computer!”?
It happens to me all the time. We get so used to these warning dialogs that we often don’t even consciously notice them anymore. “Are you sure you want to...?” Yeah, yeah, I wouldn’t have clicked the button if I wasn’t sure, would I? “ Do you really want to delete these...?” ...