I always experience dialogs like save and delete as very disturbing. I mean for delete an action which most of the time cannot be undone i understand you want to ask confirmation from the user. So in that case a form a dialog would be necessary. But for save I always prefer to use a small visual feedback to the user that the action is performed the action itself would go underwater not requiring any more action than the action to save from the user.
In case you insist using dialogs I dont prefer the yes/no/cancel buttons. I always find it better to use the action in the button. "Delete this selection" which would be the main button and the alternative "Go back" which is not main so i like to represent that one as a regular link. In case of the save dialog it would be "Save changes and proceed", "Don't save the changes and proceed" buttons and the "Go back" regular link. Go back could also be something similar to "close this dialog". In my experience users tend to pay more attention to making the right decision and it is a very clear way to avoid users from getting confused between "no" and "cancel". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38477 ________________________________________________________________ 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
