Clear command has an alias that is too easy to enter

[lim-jt]

The clear command alias is c, which users can easily press and enter by accident, clearing all their addressbook logs. Perhaps not having an alias or a warning would be better for the user.

[nus-se-script]

Team's Response

Hi tester, thanks for your comment!

Our team agrees that this shortcut could potentially cause inconvenience for users who accidentally executed the command. Our rationale for putting this alias in was to remain consistent with our philosophy of optimising the application for fast typists, but we understand that perhaps some safeguards should be put in place in the future for destructive actions like clearing contacts.

However, we feel that this bug should be of severity medium instead of high, because we don't have other commands that start with 'c', meaning that a potential mistype is unlikely, especially given that the user will have to chain 2 consecutive keystrokes ('c' and Enter) without any other inputs for the deletion to occur. This "unique" command reduces the likelihood of this accidental execution happening.

Items for the Tester to Verify

❓ Issue severity

Team chose [severity.Medium]
Originally [severity.High]

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