Re: [Usability] Re: Button ordering

[Julian Missig <julian jabber org>]

Alan Cox wrote:

> > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/proposals/dialog.html
> > "rationale: The eyes of people who read left-to-right tend towards the 
> > upper-left and lower-right corners of boxes. Therefore the action the 
> > user is most likely to perform should be located in the lower-right 
> > corner. With this button order, the action the user is most likely to 
> > perform is always in the same place and is always the most noticeable."
>
> I've seen the comment. I've yet to see a single cite to the research
> that backs this up. Slavish quoting from MacOS doesn't count.

You're right, I haven't seen links to such research. I was told that the 
eyes see uppert-left and lower-right corners first and they're the 
highlighted spots in some art classes, which is the reasoning behind 
advertisement layouts and TV screen layouts - the viewer will be 
attracted to those corners - but I don't have any of the research that 
was cited when I was told this. I'll look around, but I'm sure someone 
has some links. Please? :)

Julian
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