Re: error dialog not centered

[Beast <beast ldap or id>]

Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> > > > 2. How to make the "OK" button centered (presently it right alignment)?
> > > > 3. How to remove the icon on the "OK" button?
>
>
> Short answer: you don't.
>
> Long answer: these are theme-related issues, and should be dealt with by
> the user and his/hers theme, not by the application developer.
>
> Really long answer for the question number 2: usability studies have
> shown that the user will most likely move the mouse cursor on the lower
> corner of a message box in order to read it or to operate on it; that is
> also why Gnome and GTK have "inverted" the order of the buttons on
> dialogs.  By placing the button on the centre you are violating the
> consistency of the user interface, and you are requiring the user to
> actually move the mouse twice: the first time to the corner, the other
> time on the centre of the dialog.  Thus, you are kindly invited to
> follow the human interface guidelines in order to ensure both UI
> consistency with the rest of the platform and the best user experience.
> </commercial-ad-mode>


Hi Emmanuele,

Im not a usability expert, but for popup window with less than 2 button, 
isn't that center aligned looks better than right aligned? i know its 
personal preference but centered makes balance spaces, and i guess 
everybody will agree on this :)

Regarding icon, icon is good as long as its not overused. I saw that 
Linux (or GNOME) application are using icons everywhere, it makes 
application less elegant than in windows.


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