Do Not Show This Message Option in Tabs

KefkaZ · April 24th, 2014, 11:33 AM

When I close a tab, I get asked if I want to close the tab. I'd like to be able to have it not ask me that each time, so I'd like to see a checkbox in the popup saying "Do Not Show this Message next time" or something similar.

davidp · April 24th, 2014, 12:03 PM

We made a conscious decision not to allow this since when you close the tab all of the state associated with the tab is tossed out. The message is there as a fail safe since you may be upset you accidentally closed a tab that had history you were planning on visiting and now you have lost that history. In general, you will find confirmations that don't have a "don't show again" option where it may be very very annoying to continue when you didn't mean to.

Parody · 02:29 PM

As a user who would prefer to use multiple tabs (as seen in this post), I would also like to not be prompted when I close a tab. Most of the time my tabs have no important history.

If you would like to allow for user screwups, why not add "Reopen last closed tab" and/or a History? Much less annoying than a prompt dialog. (See Opera 15+/Chrome.)

In a more general sense, most confirmation dialogs should have "don't show this again" checkboxes. (But that's a different request.)

ibecker · April 24th, 2014, 04:21 PM

+1 to this. I would suggest that as a general rule, "choose a safe default and let the user override it (with appropriate warnings) if the user wishes" is a much better user-focused design than "we decided not to allow this because we think it's safer this way".

-Ian

KefkaZ · April 24th, 2014, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by davidp

We made a conscious decision not to allow this since when you close the tab all of the state associated with the tab is tossed out. The message is there as a fail safe since you may be upset you accidentally closed a tab that had history you were planning on visiting and now you have lost that history. In general, you will find confirmations that don't have a "don't show again" option where it may be very very annoying to continue when you didn't mean to.

I guess walk me through how it is any different than if I accidentally close a tab in a browser or if I close a window in excel? Would it be possible to have the "you have unsaved information, would you like to save?" window to pop up if it was in editing mode? I'd love if the problem of accidentally closing a tab were solved in the same way my browser solves it by allowing me to ctrl-shift-t and re-open the most recent closed tab.

Parody · April 24th, 2014, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KefkaZ

Would it be possible to have the "you have unsaved information, would you like to save?" window to pop up if it was in editing mode?

It does this second, which makes sense in the programming context. (The "Do you want to close the tab?" is in response to a user asking to close the tab, while the "Would you like to save?" dialog is triggered by the containing tab attempting to close and seeing that there are unsaved changes. They're in two different places.)

wheelmanforhire · November 19th, 2014, 06:10 PM

By the gods yes please fix this... only warn me if something is not saved... otherwise don't ask confirmation of what I told you to do.

If "prompting only when unsaved" is too difficult to add... AT LEAST give us a preference to turn this off.

This has got to be the most annoying "feature"

Dr_Automaton · November 20th, 2014, 05:52 AM

+1 for a preference flag to disable the confirmation.

DMG · November 20th, 2014, 12:20 PM

One thought that crossed my mind is to turn off the Windows ding sound when the popup shows. I play music for my games from the pc and there's nothing worse than having a loud DING interrupt during some high tension or emotional music.

Farling · February 28th, 2015, 01:13 AM

+1 to this, even if it is a configurable option!

It is most annoying to have the "ping" sound occur when you're working quietly in the corner of the living room!

KefkaZ Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 73 April 24th, 2014, 11:33 AM	When I close a tab, I get asked if I want to close the tab. I'd like to be able to have it not ask me that each time, so I'd like to see a checkbox in the popup saying "Do Not Show this Message next time" or something similar.
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ibecker Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 87 April 24th, 2014, 04:21 PM	+1 to this. I would suggest that as a general rule, "choose a safe default and let the user override it (with appropriate warnings) if the user wishes" is a much better user-focused design than "we decided not to allow this because we think it's safer this way". -Ian
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wheelmanforhire Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 15 November 19th, 2014, 06:10 PM	By the gods yes please fix this... only warn me if something is not saved... otherwise don't ask confirmation of what I told you to do. If "prompting only when unsaved" is too difficult to add... AT LEAST give us a preference to turn this off. This has got to be the most annoying "feature"
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Dr_Automaton Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 150 November 20th, 2014, 05:52 AM	+1 for a preference flag to disable the confirmation.
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DMG Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 195 November 20th, 2014, 12:20 PM	One thought that crossed my mind is to turn off the Windows ding sound when the popup shows. I play music for my games from the pc and there's nothing worse than having a loud DING interrupt during some high tension or emotional music.
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Farling Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Greater London, UK Posts: 2,623 February 28th, 2015, 01:13 AM	+1 to this, even if it is a configurable option! It is most annoying to have the "ping" sound occur when you're working quietly in the corner of the living room!
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