Re: [Usability] Re: Button ordering
- From: Mathias Hasselmann <mathias hasselmann gmx de>
- To: Alan Cox <alan redhat com>
- Cc: Julian Missig <julian jabber org>, "gtk-devel-list gnome org" <gtk-devel-list gnome org>, "gnome-hackers gnome org" <gnome-hackers gnome org>, "usability gnome org" <usability gnome org>
- Subject: Re: [Usability] Re: Button ordering
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:38:36 +0100 (CET)
On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, 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.
But it's better than slavish following a random layout. Whilest
hacking GUI apps I often asked myself what's the right button placement.
IMHO following apple's policy is the easiest way to get consistent
__and__ convenient button placements. Trapped myself to place the mouse
bottom left... Well doesn't count that much since I mostly use the
keyboard to confirm/about dialogs.
Ciao,
Mathias
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