Turn the withdraw function into a visible button on the observation (with a connected tooltip to explain its purpose). As has been vocalised by many (especially on recent threads)… there is a well-known issue with OPs “blind agreeing” to IDs that are suggested. The major downside of this occurs wh…

[image] jdmore: And I would want to avoid implying that withdrawal “should” or “must” happen in particular circumstances - it’s always optional. There is another topic https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/general-consesus-on-being-asked-to-fix-ones-id/14609/73 where the issue of one person asking …

Isn’t the fact its optional implied just by the nature of having a button to choose to press or not? I’m not sure. Another option though, would be that once withdrawn, the Restore option would take its place, to visibly show that you can return to original ID. In any case, I agree simplicity is im…

[image] sbushes: Isn’t the fact its optional implied just by the nature of having a button to choose to press or not? Without any tool-tip, yes. But a tool-tip saying something like [image] sbushes: " use this if your existing ID is conflicting with the community ID " might suggest o…

[image] jdmore: People who do a lot of identifying generally understand what “confirm” means. But those who don’t (and who are the ones we are most trying to target for clarifying what “agree” means) may just interpret that as another way to acknowledge/thank an identifier, without more explanat…

Confirm and agree are near synonyms to me in the context of IDs. I’d find it pretty confusing.

[image] Improve ID function and name of Agree buttons - a modest proposal (not!) So, my vote is simply for CONFIRM But I think there should be a second button to prevent users using confirm as a workaround when they need to withdraw but don’t know how or understand why. This could be ACCEPT …

[image] teellbee: Yelp…reducing access via the website in favor of to push users to their app! Oh no…I hope this never happens. I would have to stop using iNat if the website became obsolete and I was pushed to app. Not only do I use a throw away phone with little memory, but my images are al…

Ahh ok! Yes, I do ultimately think we need two buttons. For me, I think Agree should be replaced with Confirm. And I think Withdraw could also be replaced with something else. E.g. Accept. I guess, to some extent, I also feel withdraw to have some sort of a “negative” connotation, similar to the c…

While I am only an observer and not a power user/IDers, I agree with @bouteloua about the similarities. I think (and this is an emotional response) new users see the strikethrough associated with either a Withdrawal or an Agree(ment) as wrong. Psychologically, I can imagine users feeling as if the…

Make the Withdraw function visible as a button on the observation block (with a connected tool-tip)

Feature Requests

sbushes July 22, 2020, 12:24pm 23

Mention of the use of confirm was with regard to it as a replacement to agree, as discussed on this thread. Not suggesting having both options.
…Or am I misunderstanding your comment?

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Make the Withdraw function visible as a button on the observation block (with a connected tool-tip)

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