299701 - Button to clear cookies needs a confirmation dialog

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 210173

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Trogdor]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

I am really, really mad right now because I accidentally clicked the "Clear"
button next to the word "Cookies".  My cookies for my 200 websites were all
immediately cleared.

PLEASE implement an "Are you sure?" dialog with the default of "No", after this
button is clicked.  (Tools \ Privacy)

I remember an old bug suggesting this, and someone shot it down, claiming an
overuse of confirmation dialog box induces users to just hit return every time
they see one.

Come on, now - I am living proof that this button is badly needed.  A reasonable
rule of thumb is, if it would take a user over a minute to undo the damage done
by some action, then Firefox should ask the user to confirm that action.  I
can't tell you how angry I am at something that is completely avoidable - who
knows how many other anonymous users have done the same thing.




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Tools -> Options
2. Click "Privacy", then click the "Clear" button next to the word "Cookies"
3. Notice that you cannot stop screaming

Actual Results:  
Cookies are cleared immediately

Expected Results:  
The software should pop up a dialog box asking "Are you sure you want to clear
all your cookies?" with buttons "Clear cookies" and "Don't clear cookies", with
the default being the latter

Comment 1

[José Jeria]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 210173 ***