Save or Delete

[misspretender]

Title
Save or Delete

Short, concise description of the idea
Make a difference between buttons "Save Entry" and "Delete Entry"

Full description of the ideaAfter editing the entry, user have to choose between two buttons to submit it - "Save Entry" or "Delete Entry". They look the same

Comments

[lady_angelina]

If you accidentally click on the "Delete" button, you should get a dialogue box that asks you for confirmation. Only if you're extra quick on the draw would I find this insufficient protection against accidental deletion.

So, I personally don't really see a need for this.

[kayt_arminta]

I didn't know it prompted you to ask if you were sure, that's good to know, I can relax a little, then yeah, I don't see a point to this either. Unless you're beyond clueless and just click Okay because they usually do.

[lady_angelina]

Hmmm... if you're not getting the confirmation dialogue at all for whatever reason, then yes, the might be a need for this after all. ^^

And I forgot to point out that regardless, I don't see how this would harm anything (except to possibly disorient people at first who are used to aiming their cursor a certain way, much like you're used to dialing familiar phone numbers, etc.).

[misspretender]

I wouldn't click on delete button if there were a distinction.

Haven't you deleted your posts or documents accidentally even after confurmation?

[misspretender]

confirmation

[lady_angelina]

I know it's happened in other situations, like at work, but can't recall offhand whether I did it on LJ.

Regardless, if I'm that spaced out to miss a confirmation dialogue, then nothing short of long-term backup will save me. =P You really can only foolproof so much. This measure seems okay to me, and negligible in terms of negative consequences. But as far as having a time delay (as someone else mentioned in comments here), I think that's way excessive.