Re:Toasts Are Bad UX
by JamesSwift on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @09:09AM
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Theres an implicit assumption that the actions being offered an “undo” are semi-important/permanent.
In other words, if you delete an email and it goes to the trash folder: good use of toast + undo
If you empty the trash, and there is nowhere the user can go to unempty it: bad use of toast + undo
Its also useful as a sleight of hand eg when cancelling an action you havent yet taken (which actually is generally what a toast + undo actually is). The best example of this being toast + undo for an email send
In other words, if you delete an email and it goes to the trash folder: good use of toast + undo
If you empty the trash, and there is nowhere the user can go to unempty it: bad use of toast + undo
Its also useful as a sleight of hand eg when cancelling an action you havent yet taken (which actually is generally what a toast + undo actually is). The best example of this being toast + undo for an email send