On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 21:48 +0000, Alan Horkan wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > > The button order for dialogs in Windows Vista is described in the > > "Dialog Boxes" chapter of the Vista UX Guidelines > > <http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511268.aspx#commitButtons>: > > > In Windows, using Yes/No dialogs is allowed: "you can purposely use > > generic commit button labels to force users to read the main > > instructions and prevent hasty decisions". > > Bwuhahaha "force users to read" and "prevent hasty decisions", that is > hilariously naive. This reminded me of BeOS which used cheeky messages . I used to sit and read the message. And once i knew the messages, i would know what to next next time forth. > > > In Gnome and Mac OS, Yes/No > > dialogs should not be used, though their respective guidelines don't > > make this as explicit as they could. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/UxGuide/UXGuide/Resources/TopRules/TopRules.asp > The Vista guidelines (by my reading of them at least) seem to discourage > generic buttons > > "Use positive commit buttons that are specific responses to the main > instruction instead of generic labels (such as "OK")." > > but then the screenshots seem to contradict the advice by showing a big > Yes No dialog :P > -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.
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