Hello,
I was recently comparing the UIs between the old Mac OS app (bird logo) and the new Mac OS app (X logo) and noticed something fairly interesting: the former provides the option to delete all of a user's bookmarks with one click, whereas the latter does not. Considering that the Bookmarks feature has been around now, it should stand to reason that users experience a nontrivial improve in UX improvement from being able to get a fresh start. Moreover, I believe maintaining an API endpoint for this (should X decide not to reintroduce such functionality to clients that enjoy first-party support) falls squarely in line with X's principles:
Privacy and Security:
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Allowing a user to perform batch deletions mitigates the damage incurred in the case that an unauthorized user gains access to said user's account
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If you think about it, this is not too far off from the decision to prohibit anyone but a user to access said user's likes
Rate Limiting and Activity Quotas
- Providing first-party support for such a batch deletions would greatly cut down on the quantity of individual calls to the Bookmarks DELETE API endpoint
Hello,
I was recently comparing the UIs between the old Mac OS app (bird logo) and the new Mac OS app (X logo) and noticed something fairly interesting: the former provides the option to delete all of a user's bookmarks with one click, whereas the latter does not. Considering that the Bookmarks feature has been around now, it should stand to reason that users experience a nontrivial improve in UX improvement from being able to get a fresh start. Moreover, I believe maintaining an API endpoint for this (should X decide not to reintroduce such functionality to clients that enjoy first-party support) falls squarely in line with X's principles:
Privacy and Security:
Allowing a user to perform batch deletions mitigates the damage incurred in the case that an unauthorized user gains access to said user's account
If you think about it, this is not too far off from the decision to prohibit anyone but a user to access said user's likes
Rate Limiting and Activity Quotas