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Subject: Re: Dialogs & Extra Buttons
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 1994 17:57:27 +0200 (MDT)
In-Reply-To: <9407080317.AA26595@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> from "Warwick Allison" at Jul 8, 94 01:17:45 pm
From: Annius.Groenink@cwi.nl (Annius Groenink)
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> Yes, for right-handed people, the affirmative option should be on the
> right hand side [no, I 'm not suggesting making it configurable :)].
No, Atari has specified that it should be the other way round.
Which is understandable, as there may be more affirmative options
while there is only one meaning for Cancel: *DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING*.
So really, Cancel is the only button with an absolutely clear effect,
so *it* should have the easiest place (i.e. the right).
Experience shows that users hate to have to choose between different
(or has shown to me)
negative alternatives such as 'abort', 'cancel', 'abandon' etc.
so rather than OK, 'Cancel' should have the profit of an intuitive
place.