no need to reinvent confirm functionality

app/assets/javascripts/main.js.coffee.erb

@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ jQuery $ ->
       textarea.text(shareText(update))
       focusTextArea(update)
 
-  # Delete update check
-  $(".remove-update").click ->
-    confirm "Are you sure you want to delete this update?"
-
   # Manage reply state and service share checkboxes
   updateTickyboxes = ->
     return if(userTickiedBox)

app/views/updates/_detail.haml

@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
       - if current_user and update.author.id == current_user.author.id
         = form_tag "/updates/#{update.id}" do
           %input{:type => "hidden", :name => "_method", :value => "delete"}
-          %input.remove-update{:type => "submit", :value => "I Regret This"}
+          = submit_tag "I Regret This", :class => "remove-update", :confirm => t(:remove_update, :scope => :confirms)

app/views/updates/_list.html.haml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - unless defined?(id)
-  - id = (request.path_info.gsub("/", "_")[1..-1]) 
+  - id = (request.path_info.gsub("/", "_")[1..-1])
 
 %ul.updates{:class => (controller.controller_name == "updates" ? "has-update-form" : ""), :id => id}
   - updates.each do |update|
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         - if current_user and update.author.id == current_user.author.id
           = form_tag "/updates/#{update.id}" do
             %input{:type => "hidden", :name => "_method", :value => "delete"}
-            %input.remove-update{:type => "submit", :value => "I Regret This"}
+            = submit_tag "I Regret This", :class => "remove-update", :confirm => t(:remove_update, :scope => :confirms)
 
 != render :partial => "shared/pagination"
 

app/views/users/_list.haml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
           - if following
             = form_tag "/subscriptions/#{author.feed.id}" do
               %input{:type => "hidden", :name => "_method", :value => "delete"}
-              %input.button.unfollow{:type => "submit", :value => "Unfollow", :id => "unfollow-#{author.feed.id}"}
+              = submit_tag "Unfollow", :class => "button unfollow", :id => "unfollow-#{author.feed.id}", :confirm => t(:unfollow, :scope => :confirms)
           - else
             = form_tag "/subscriptions" do
               %input{:type => "hidden", :name => "subscribe_to", :value => author.feed.id}

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 # See https://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/tree/master/rails%2Flocale for starting points.
 
 en:
-  hello: "Hello world"
+  confirms:
+    remove_update: "Are you sure you want to delete this update?"
+    unfollow: "Are you sure you want to unfollow this user?"