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Safer default for items when feeding or donating please!

The problem: when glitching quickly, you can hit <enter> too many times and end up feeding a pig all your Allspice or accidentally donating it all to a nearby shrine. Feed-Allspice-ALL is too easy to accidentally do at the end of a good pet/nibble combo.

I asked Global Chat who'd done this a few days ago, and about a dozen people chimed in. One keeps Abbasid Ribs around just to avoid it!

One possible solution: when you donate/feed, the screen fills with all the items you have. Instead of the UI selecting the first one, make the default selection be a non-item -- either by putting a fake placeholder 'first' in the inventory, or by putting the selection outside the list of items somehow.

There'll be fewer spicy pigs, but less grumpiness too...

Posted 14 months ago by Barris Subscriber! | Permalink

Replies

  • +1
    Posted 14 months ago by Cathriara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Similarly, the default when you give something away should be "just one" - not "all."
    Posted 14 months ago by Illamasqua II Subscriber! | Permalink
  • PLEASE yes! For "give" & "feed" options, one should be the default.
    Fed a d*mn batterfly ALL my 250+ eggs yesterday instead of just 10 - got 3 guano total...
    Posted 14 months ago by katyroo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1

    Please make ALL default actions "Safe" actions.
    Posted 14 months ago by MasterOfMyDestiny Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wish the "Request Incubation" had a confirm button that couldn't be confirmed with Enter.. I often spam Enter on Chickens to get grain and musicblocks, and sometimes I carry Eggs for donation to Shrines and I end up hatching them instead :(
    Posted 14 months ago by Tsuki Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 12-sided die gets donated a lot at shrines while hammering the chickens with the enter key.
    Posted 14 months ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I can't carry eggs at all.  Spamming Enter on chickens to try to get all 50 grain before the chicken flies away means I'll invariably incubate eggs.  Also add me to the legions of glitchen who has fed a pig all of my allspice, accidentally donated all my allspice to a shrine, and nearly died singing accidentally to a butterfly.  The UI is just terrible for those of us who like our Enter keys.

    I'm moving more to using keyboard shortcuts to avoid accidents but they're not very convenient one-handed.  My right pinky gets tired mashing enter, so I usually have my left-hand index finger on enter, making it difficult to reach the right half of the keyboard.
    Posted 14 months ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've actually proposed a totally new redesign to Shrines, which would help solve this problem 100% - check it out and post your thoughts: http://www.glitch.com/forum/ideas/11299/
    Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink