HACKER Q&A
📣 a-dub

Should HN one-tap actions require confirms on mobile?


I just noticed: Holy moly I've flagged a lot of stuff over time by accident with errant taps on my phone. Do other people do this too? Do one click actions maybe warrant a "tap to confirm" feature when rendered on mobile?

Or maybe I'm just uncoordinated or weird in that I read the site primarily on my phone?


  👤 kristianp Accepted Answer ✓
Downvotes perhaps should have confirmations, because if you accidentally downvote, all you see is an "unvote" link. At times I'm unsure of which way I voted. I've taken to zooming the page large enough so that I'm confident that the right arrow has been pressed.

👤 josephcsible
Deletion already requires confirmation, and can't everything else be easily undone just as easily as it was done?

👤 NoZebra120vClip
Can't you just "unflag"? Why would an undoable action require confirmation?