"Indie_Dev" wrote on 22/08/2007 at 07:42:45 +1100
subject "Interface Inconsistencies" :
>>> 1) Why is there no 'Delete All' option when you click on the
>>> attachment tab in the viewer page? If there are several attachments
>>> and you want to delete them, you have to repeat the 'Delete' action
>>> numerous times. God help you if some relative decides to send you a
>>> ton of pictures of their new baby voted most likely to be the next
>>> anti-Christ. That means in order to delete 24 pictures of the next
>>> anti-Christ, you have to do a total of (24*3) clicks. That, to me, is
>>> patently unacceptable.
>> You only need 3 clicks. One to select the first attachment, a second one
>> (shift+click) on the last attachment and _all_ (no matter the number)
>> will then be selected. Then, right click and select delete.
> Once again, I am _aware_ of the use of [undocumented] hotkeys.
This is not an undocumented hotkey. It's normal Windows feature. Each
Windows user is supposed to know this.
> Was I
> talking about hotkeys? No. I was talking about the interface GUI in
> terms of _usability_. I have a hand holding the mouse. Using that hand,
> I can do some tasks (delete one) but not the other (delete all) when
> in fact it makes _no_ sense that I shouldn't. Especially when you
> consider that they are both related.
It makes sense that it does not exist, as it is not an usual command
in the Windows interface.
I think that "Select all" Ctrl+A is missing, _not_ "Delete all".
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