>> Undo on Command+L would be of no use except for people pressing
>> buttons before thinking.  That needs to be corrected to, "think first,
>> THEN press buttons."  :)
>
> Which goes in front collision course with the usability principle "Don't
> make me think" for designing great user interfaces

Incidentally, that is not what "Don't make me think" refers to.  That
phrase refers to software's ability to _guide_ the user to the
discovery of _how_ to command the software.  The goal of the UI is to
establish a low-level "connection" that the software feels like an
extension of the users fingers.  Modal pop-ups ruin this.

I see you came around to understand what Cmd+L is all about later down
in this thread.  Good!  Because I thought you were about to say, since
Cut and Copy could possibly "lose" valuable code in the paste-buffer,
they too, should be guarded with a modal confirmation pop-up.   ;-)

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