on Windows XP: Example of bad usability design.
see that New Folder icon?
how many times do you think people accidentally hit that button?
MSFT should report statistics on that.
The problem is what needs to be done in order to undo the result of clicking that button. Unfortunately CTRL-Z does not work in this scenario. Here’s what happen after you accidentally clicking that button when all you wanted to do was going up one level.
- you are in rename mode, which means u cant just hit delete right away. you have to click some where then click on that ‘New Folder’ folder again.
- you hit delete on your keyboard (faster) or right click ‘Delete’ (slower)
- great.. now it is in your recycle bin, to really undo your action you will need to completely remove this ‘New Folder’ (or if you are a neat freak), you will have to empty that bin as well.
That’s a lot of actions to revert the result of accidentally single clicking a button.
Suggestion: Move the New Folder button to the far right corner of that window.
