Comment #3 on issue 8743 by [email protected]: Chrome "Clear browsing data..." dialog is confusing and inefficient http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=8743
krtulmy: Understanding those choices *might* be a way to have the system "do what I mean", but it's not the only way. A set of configuration options that presents choices like the current "Clear browsing data..." dialog does tends to imply a lack of thought about user intent or design-by-committee that results in users being given choices that don't mean things to them intrinsically. The "incognito" mode works well because it wraps all of these concerns into a single choice that is designed to coincide with a set of user actions that they would like to be "incognito". The primary objection to the current dialog isn't that it gives users too much control, but rather that it foists the problem of communicating intent onto the user as a series of un-related choices. This might be good for folks who already understand what each of those choices means, but I'm one of those people and *I* find it a terrible jumble that requires me to mentally juggle the process of "what is this asking me? " with "what am I trying to get done?". Control is good, and choices have costs. Reconciling those is the job of design. All this ticket is asking for is that we apply some design to this dialog instead of making everything the user's problem all the time. Regards -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
