novajon

I have a suggestion for what I believe would enhance the already outstanding BBO user interface. It regards the confirm options for bids and card play. Current problems: Anyone that has played a bit on BBO but is not using a confirmation option has experienced a misclicked bid or card played. If using confirmations, many people, myself included, find the 2 step confirmation very annoying. I turned it off after a week long trial. Also, software designers know that when a confirmation is required for frequently executed actions, the confirmation becomes part of the action and is executed without consideration. Suggested alternative: I would like the ability to "reject" a bid or card play before the other players see what I've done. This is the opposite of the confirmation option. Rather that confirming every bid/card play, I reject those made by accident. The scheme I envision would have the player click on a bid or card as now. Some change, only on that users screen, would indicate the selection has been made. This is similar to the confirmation option. But instead of waiting indefinitely for another click (confirmation), the software waits a short time, perhaps 0.5 second, before posting the selection to the server. If a pointer click occurs within the delay period, perhaps anywhere in the table window, the selection is rejected and returned to the bidding box or hand. I feel this "timed rejection" option would enhance play on BBO without seriously impacting the pace of the game.