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Should I cancel? (programming.dev)
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[-] Solemarc@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago

I think I understand this;

cancel -> submit the POST request and cancel -> undo this thing. maybe they shoulda just used submit & cancel or cancel & exit instead.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago

Should be Cancel or Cancel Cancel

/s

[-] kleiner_zeh@kbin.social 21 points 6 months ago

submit cancel or cancel submit

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago
[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

“Proceed”, “Go Back”

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

"Lessgooo", "I have regrets"

[-] odium@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

"YOLO", "Whoa"

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

To anyone who is interested in a better design: Buttons should be labeled with verb+object combinations, for instance “Cancel subscription”. Also it’s better to use less generic words that apply to the task at hand, for instance “Terminate subscription”. Here, ‘cancel’ is the right word, so this hint doesn’t apply as well here.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

I think termínate is a better term. I don’t think it would be used because some UX person would worry about associations with robot assassins and people being fired, but terminating the subscription is the best technical term.

Canceling is preventing some future thing from happening. At best, you are cancelling a scheduled auto-renewal. But to end an ongoing thing is to terminate.

[-] madkarlsson@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

You are talking about synonyms here, and its highly subjective. The above poster has some good points with the more clear verbs but this whole end of the flow would work just as well as well with a "yes, I'm sure" and "no" instead of cancel

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

[Confirm Cancellation] [Cancel Confirmation]

(Or maybe on the other order, I dunno.)

[-] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

I would, yeah.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

abort();

Also looks like average twitter. Always cancels.

this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
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