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Questions tagged [confirmation]

Use this tag for confirmation and acknowledgement, usually on digital systems

Confirmation and acknowledgement communications ask for confirmation before taking an action and acknowledge successful actions.

https://m2.material.io/design/communication/confirmation-acknowledgement.html

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What would be a good reason to ask for confirmation to create a new save in a game?

I just got the PS4 of a friend and noticed that many games use the builtin save manager. What bugs me is, that the manager asks you if you are really sure you want to save the game, even when you chose to create a new save game, so there is no way…
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Is it necessary to ask users for confirmation when they remove sharing permissions?

Is it necessary to ask confirmation from user while removing sharing permission that has been shared earlier? Assume cases where there won't be any data loss. E.g., Folder sharing in OS (mac asks), Sharing an album in a photo sharing site, etc.…
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Double confirmation for DELETE action?

Some of the application have Double Confirmation for DELETE action. Also, some of the application behavior is "Type DELETE" and continue to delete. Is this correct way? My opinion is, we can have this option when there is no "Undo" feature.…
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When email confirming an account, should I send another one after confirmation?

I was thinking about this today while confirming an account. Currently, when you confirm an account, this happens: You sign up You get a verification email You verify However, sometimes you get "Welcome" email or a "Thanks!" email. Is this a good…
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Action after clicking Delete button

Action after delete button should be: yes - no or: Delete - cancel Which colors (Red,Green) should be used with buttons? Which one should be Red and which one should be Green?
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At the end of an account setup process does there need to be a confirmation screen?

I'm currently working on a site that has a 5step account setup process. The user sets up their account post registration. I feel there should be a confirmation screen at the end due to the amount of important information the user is inputting. This…
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Grades of confirm actions

I am currently working on a standard for confirming destructive actions, which I have to split into four levels: no confirmation necessary ??? a simple dialog that explains what the dangers are a dialog that explains the dangers and requires an…
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Why does MS Word 'Update index' ask for confirmation?

Why does Microsoft Word keeps asking before executing the "update index" command from the context menu? Even worse, the default is "Update page numbers only", and I have to manually select "Update whole index", since I want to have an updated index…
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Confirmation dialog wording standards

On macOS it seems usual to ask the user a (bold written) question in a confirmation dialog and add a more detailed text (non-bold and slightly smaller font). Regarding the bold question - should it be a complete sentence, e.g. "Do you want to delete…
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Closing app via keyboard shortcut — should there be a confirmation dialogue?

There are many ways to close apps: mouse-and-click on an 'x' somewhere, choose "Quit" as a menu option, keyboard shortcuts (ctrl-w, cmd-q, alt-f4 etc.) I notice some apps I use ask me "Are you sure you want to exit?" when I try to close them. What…
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Is it a good idea to add a confirmation step for an affirmative action

I am building an application that allows a user to Add a task Review a task Delete a task It is common to add an additional confirmation step for "Delete a task" as this step is not reversible. I am thinking if it is a good practice to add a…
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