Agree with Ripul Kumar completely. As usual, the question is not the dialog position, but the overall behaviour of the system :-)
Ripul, there's one thing I would add to your list - picture thumbnails. Accidental deletion may happen when you've mistaken bg1.gif for bg1_a.gif or something like that. Hey, Maxim! Beware simple questions on this list ;-) On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Ripul Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Maxim, > > The goal is to reduce the file deletion errors, am I right? There are many > ways to solve this problem -- showing a dialog is a painful way to handle > such situations. > > If the application you are building or redesigning is for a website then you > can do certain things. At first, it must be made clear to the users that > there are file dependencies before she takes the delete decision. You can > show the user one of these things: how many files have links to this file > or/and if possible a way to show the list of files that have links to it. > This will reduce the file deletion errors drastically. > > The next step to reduce this type of error is have proactive file > management. If there are files that have no dependencies, let the user know > about those files implicitly (either through appropriate icon or other > categorization techniques). > > In your situation, the delete icon is very far from the name of the file. > The chances of accidently deleting the file due to parallax error is very > high. So I would suggest reducing the distance of the label and the > corresponding action button. This will reduce many such errors. Other ways > to reduce parallax errors are: alternate background color, provide a place > for eye to rest after each 5-6 lines (like a slightly thicker line, a slight > change in line color, or a little more space). > > The third and the last step is to provide a way to recover from errors > quickly. An undo is a good way to implement recovery from errors. > > And if you cannot implement any of the above, you can always get back to > troubling the user by warning them (as a dialog box). To ensure which file > is being deleted, show the file for deletion with a different background row > color. Also ensure that the dialog box does not cover the name of the file. > > Hope this helps. > > - Ripul > > -- > Ripul Kumar > Director, Usability Consulting & User Research > Kern Communications Pvt. Ltd. > http://www.kern-comm.com > > * Usability in India * > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Best regards, sasha maximova, interaction and user interface designer --------------------------------- http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity | http://www.checkvist.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
