I came across an article that advised to show a pop-up asking the user if the click to remove an item was intentional, instead of removing it immediately.
But at the same time it's not a practice I encounter often, which means it's not a must-have.
How is it?
I get the idea of making the user confirm such an important action, but at the same time I don't feel like it's a totally bad thing if it's not there in the shopping cart case.
such an important action
Why do you think removing an item from the shopping cart is such a big deal?
I usually remove and add several items before making my order, if i would have to confirm every removing action i would get pretty frustrated.
Instead of making the user confirm you can offer him a way back. For example amazon does it this way:
Check out the question below, it has the answers you are looking for.. In short it is, use Undo instead of confirm, the UX is much better!
Deletion: Confirm or Undo? Which is the better option and why?
