[HIG] OK - Cancel vs. Cancel - OK

[Tommi Komulainen <Tommi Komulainen iki fi>]

Hi,

While writing a bug report against galeon for its inconsistent ordering
of buttons I started thinking about HIG and its recommendations.

Now, as far as I've seen and can remember, in GNOME1 the order of
buttons has been OK-Cancel.  Not to mention KDE which also uses
OK-Cancel ordering.¹  Now, why is HIG (which I suppose is followed in
GNOME2) recommending the exact opposite?  It feels unbelievably
counterproductive.


1. Very brief test performed by launching konqueror and checking some
   menus. 

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Tommi Komulainen                                 Tommi Komulainen iki fi
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