One of the complaints from some geeky people (mostly people with Unix/Linux background) was that Windows asks for lot of confirmations. Personally, confirmations are annoyance most of the time, but some time they save your day. And there should be a balance - too many confirmations is bad and too less confirmations are also bad.
Microsoft removed confirmation from where it should not have removed. And it didn't remove confirmation from where it should have removed.
When you want to delete a file or a folder (basically moving it to recycle bin), then it asks for confirmation. Bad design decision. There is absolutely no need of confirmation here. If you felt that it was a mistake to delete the file, then you can always get it back from the recycle bin.
There is no confirmation for shutdown or restart or logoff. If you click on them accidentally, all your unsaved work and open windows are gone! Bad design decision! It has happened a few times to me. I am always in a rush, so sometimes I do click on the wrong button and moreover with a touch-pad an accidental click is not uncommon. I definitely need a confirmation box here. If Microsoft wanted to woo those tiny user base of geeky people, then Microsoft should have at
least provided an option to enable confirmation for shutdown, restart and logoff.
Microsoft missed the boat again!
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