Re: Makeing Yes default

[sungod <sungod atdot org>]

Havoc Pennington (hp@redhat.com)'s email of 08/09/99 00:40 said:

>
>On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Michael Vanderford wrote:
>> When ever  i get propted @ YES/NO dialog boxes the default selection
>> is NO .
>> Does any one no the steps to make the default YES.
>> 
>
>If Yes doesn't cause any destructive action, it should be the default;
>this is a bug in the software. You should submit a bug report mentioning
>the specific package and dialog to bugs.gnome.org. If Yes is destructive,
>it should not be the default so please don't file a bug.

However, you *should* file a usability bug report to tell the author to 
change "yes" and "no" to verbs that actually tell the computer what to do.

This has been brought up and agreed upon several times; let's make it 
happen.

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