I'm in the process of creating the "Delete" and "Save" confirmations for a web app. In most cases, I prefer to label buttons according to the action being performed. But in this case, in order to answer the question being posed, it seems as though I should be using "Yes" and "No" buttons.
DELETE: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete your selection?" - [Yes] = delete and return to page - [No] = skip deletion and return to page SAVE: "You are navigating away from the page. Would you like to save your changes before proceeding?" - [Yes] = save changes and proceed to selected page - [No] = won't save changes and proceed to selected page - [Cancel] = won't save changes and return to original page Would it make sense to replace "Yes" with "Delete" and "Save" respectively so that the user knows exactly what action will occur, even though it's not correctly answering the question? Does anyone know of any reference/s discussing proper verbiage for dialog boxes? ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
