Suggestion - confirm on delete of Linode
When you resize a Linode, you're asked to confirm the action by typing the name of the Linode, a good idea.
However, you can delete a Linode with just a single 'are you sure' prompt. As deletion is potentially a lot more serious than resizing, I suggest adding the typing prompt there too. Perhaps you could type 'delete [linodename]'. You could say there's a false sense of security by having the prompt for the less serious action but not the more.
Yes, this suggestion does come from me accidentally deleting a Linode. Luckily it was a test machine, not a live one, which would have been absolutely catastrophic.
I pressed 'delete' rather than 'power off' from the three dots dropdown menu, then ok'd the prompt without reading, as one often does. The prompt and UI itself is good, but I was tired at the time - so my fault you would think but I'd be surprised if no one else has ever done this.
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