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>ok/cancel options,

So, if I click OK am I acknowledging the alert to dismiss it or is performing an action? If I hit cancel am I canceling the alert or canceling the action?

Its still terrible UI. Limiting the options to things like "ok" and "cancel" can be very confusing to the end user.

Don't you agree? {OK} {Cancel}



I wasn't clear enough, but the confirmation button text can be customized. So as a quick example you could do something like this:

Are you sure you want to delete? {Yes, delete thing X} {No, keep it}

Would you still find that insufficient communication with the user? No sarcasm, genuinely interested to get your opinion.


Cancelling the alert? That doesn't even make sense.




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