Re: [Usability] OK and Cancel ordering should be a user setting

[Magnus Bergman <magnusbe algonet se>]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:17:09 +0000
Jamie McCracken <jamie-junk blueyonder co uk> wrote:

Maybe the simplest solution would be to have a global option called
something like "emulate all bugs and shortcomings of Windows" and have
it enabled by default, so "most people" feel at home? ;)

> Hi,
> 
> I like the look and feel of GNOME 2.4 very much. However the most
> annoying feature (for a user coming from an MS windows background) is
> the ordering of OK/Cancel and Yes/No buttons in dialogs.
> 
> What would be great is if the ordering could be user settable. This
> would be very easy to do in standard dialogs which are existing
> widgets. For user dialogs and other windows, a new button widget could
> be used to achieve this. This widget should contain multiple buttons
> as needed(Yes/No ,OK/Cancel, OK/Cancel/Help etc) and can therefore
> automatically reposition the buttons according to the users settings.