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Hi, fortunately I wasn't affected by this but I do have one thing to say as an experienced web dev and that is that it is taboo to have a delete button, of any kind, without a warning.

The software has to give clear indications of what the users actions entail especially if they are irreversible.

This is a major break in any type of UX that the website tries to display to it's users.

I don't know which environtment the itch.io website was built on, but I dont think that addind a standard browser alert can be that difficult.

Not shitting on the dev team, as oversights are merely part of the job, but i hope this gets fixed so more people dont end up deleting their games.

leafoAdmin4 years ago (2 edits)

There is confirmation confirmation dialog for the delete button in addition to a huge warning on the page telling them how a jam with locked uploads can not accept new uploads.

I have the feeling these are people who wanted to sneak in a change to their game but were too eager to try to upload the changed files without reading the page first.

Abyssal4 years ago (1 edit)

Here is my folder https://github.com/ThePhoenixfish/GameForJam

here is my website https://thephoenixfish.itch.io/alongwaydown

and here is the jam entry page if you need it https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-3/rate/571657

Thanks :D

Sarainia4 years ago

Accidentally pressed delete? Well what you should see is In big red BOLD letters the word Warning!, next up to prevent accidental secondary clickage the "Red Confirm" button should clearly shift over to a new spot on page and a "Green Abort" button is to tak place where you originally clicked delete, last measure to hopefully save the files from being deleted is a 10 second timer stating "Warning! Your game is being deleted from the Jam" with the Abort Delete button where the Confirm button was last! - Then that way if a file was deleted then we all know from that specific system it was deliberate! :)