There are more than two solutions in this thread, I challenge you to read through and prove me wrong. Perhaps that was wrong of me to conclude that a majority agrees that the red X is distracting. Perhaps we should hold a poll. Being the designer, you have a bias towards your work and that is both understandable and respectable, you do great work.
I started the original thread not because there was a problem with accidental deletion, it was because seeing a whole page full of red X's is distracting for many, it just isn't appealing. Don't get me wrong, I do like the new admin design, I just think we could do something different with the X's. Once again, I suggest we HIDE the X's until they are needed. Not because of accidental deletion(not the point of the topic), but because of the fact that the red X's are redundant and should only be shown when needed--in my opinion. I think this should seriously be considered. All being said, I will continue to use my trashcan icon until a respectable change has been made. On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Branko Vukelic <bg.bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Joel Clay <ra3do...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What? Really. I've seen quite a number of good solutions run through this > > topic. Obviously most of the community agrees that the X icon falls in > the > > Interesting. This thread _is_ long, but I'm sure if you look at it > carefully, you won't see "most of the community" and "quite a number > of solutions". In fact, you will see 2 solutions, and less than 10 > members including yourself. So please don't try to force your opinion > by blowing things out of proportion. > > Anyways, back to the topic. The two solutions mentioned were: > > 1. Make delete icon go away > 2. Use a trash icon > > The first solution actually addresses an non-existent problem of > accidental deletion. I echo Massimo on this: it's not a problem, > because you have to CONFIRM deletion. You cannot confirm deletion by > accident because the buttons are labelled "Delete" and "Abort", and > not "Yes" and "No" like in previous versions. > > Second solution is simply not doable at 15px with the current _style_. > It's a good idea to have something grey there, but a trash can doesn't > work for me (I dare you to claim I haven't given it a shot, too). Just > because there _are_ trash cans that are <15px doesn't mean they would > work for our admin interface. If you disagree, you're welcome to make > a patch and submit it yourself, and then laugh at me publicly. > > > -- > Branko Vukelić > > bg.bra...@gmail.com > stu...@brankovukelic.com > > Check out my blog: http://www.brankovukelic.com/ > Check out my portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ > Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) > I hang out on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/foxbunny > > Gimp Brushmakers Guild > http://bit.ly/gbg-group >
