Too easy to accidentally delete posts with JS off

[codeman38]

I just accidentally deleted one of my posts-- which, in a hilarious fit of irony, was a post in accessibility_fail.

How? Quite simple, really. On the Edit Entries page, the "Save" and "Delete Entry" buttons are right next to one another. And the only confirmation upon clicking "Delete Entry" that that is, indeed, what one really wants to do, is a JavaScript alert box. Combine that with a trackball-based phone interface, an older phone which doesn't understand JavaScript 'onclick' attributes, and a clumsy codeman38, and, well...

In short: the confirmation for "Delete Entry" should NOT be dependent on JavaScript! If JavaScript is disabled, there should instead be an interstitial confirmation page of some sort.

Comments

[jeshyr]

That's a REALLY good point. I'll raise it with the coders. I think the edit entry page is due to be completely overhauled at some point - hopefully the save and delete buttons won't end up so close together!

r

[jeshyr]

This problem has now been filed in bugzilla (the program the coders use to track bugs to be fixed) here:

http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2096

In case anybody wants to look :)

Because all the coders are volunteers it might take some time to be fixed, but it's on the agenda now!

r

[jadelennox]

I grabbed it. Given my pace this fall who knows what that means, but I'll look.