Re: [Usability] Ordering thread relit; visual cues

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

jacob berkman wrote:

> > > (and isn't the no / cancel option quite often the default / preferred
> > > action?  this change boinks that.)
> > Not really; I raised this earlier (as it's not explicitly mentioned in the
> > dialogue proposal). The default can be any one of the buttons, we just have
> > the consistency of the right hand one being the affirmative verb.
>
> so i will now argue that the negative case should be in the lower right,
> as that is usually the safest option.
The safest option may well be to not touch the computer at all.  That 
isn't very useful though.  I bring up dialogs more often because I 
wanted to (in which case, the affirmative action is the one I would 
want), than accidentally (in which case I would want to dismiss the dialog).

BTW, as far as the argument about moving buttons goes, I seem to 
remember that when adding more buttons than just ok and cancel, Windows 
lays them out as:
                                     [ blah ] [  ok  ] [ cancel ]

So that ok and cancel maintain their positions.

James.

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