Thierry Vignaud wrote: > Jan Ciger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > > > 2�/ UI pb : >> > > > there should have a guideline for OK/Cancel position. >> > > > For example in draksec : Cancel -> left side, Ok -> right side >> > > > drakperm : Cancel -> Right side, Ok -> left side >> > > >> > > gnome policy is help / cancel / ok or help / close >> > >> > You're making Mandrake apps (maybe gtk+ apps), not gnome apps. No >> > good reason to follow that stupid policy. >> >> Well, the guy is right. He is not saying, that you should follow >> policy of Gnome, but that there should be one and taking Gnome's as >> an example. It is good to be consistent in the GUI, otherwise it >> puts unnecessary strain on the user. Perhaps this is a good topic >> for Opendesktop standard ? (btw, perhaps this is standardized >> already ?) > > i couldn't have explained better :-) > > we need to make all our tools look the same, pack buttons in the same > order, use the same icons. > > if for the same price, (with theme help) they look the same, pack > buttons in the same order and use the same icons as other gtk+/gnome > apps, ... > > i've nothing wrong against "cancel / ok" button order because of > gnome, ie i've not choose "cancel / ok" order because gnome does, but > because most others desktop (macos?, kde, gnome, zindoz, ...) uses > that order.
I have heard that newer MacOS have this order, but KDE and Windows sure don't. All this is doing is furthering the inconsistency that Gnome has introduced, which only confuses users. And yes Adam, I agree this issue is somewhat "silly," but if it weren't for what Gnome did, the issue would have never arisen, and silly as it may be, the issue does affect usability (and that's a bigger reason that what rocks/sucks thank you very god damn much). > maybe some ingeeners in human machine interfaces area have found > better layout, but for now, standardize the layout in our tools is > good. > > make it similar to most other apps is even better. Good, then make it the ok/cancel order. > the end user is less confused if in all places, he can expect buttons > to be where they "should" be, ... Most users will think the buttons should be where they are accustomed to. > just my 2 cents ... > > >
