Hi,
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 13:43 +0100, Simon Howard wrote: > On 10/5/05, Armand LEGRAND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am a brand new Ubuntu user and I enjoy this linux-based OS with Gnome. I > > tried KDE before but I wanted to try Gnome at once and I am (almost) not > > disapointed. > > > > Everything is clear and usefull but I have a problem with the button > > ordering for alerts as described in the HIG 2.0 (Figure 3.12). > > > > I dare not say that I know all the OS and window-managers but I know a few > > of them among the most common and I was really surprised when I saw that the > > button ordering with Gnome was different to the others I usually work with. > > > > I'd like to know two things: > > 1- Why is Gnome different on this point? Usually it's "Affirmative, > > Negative, Cancel" > > 2- Can I change this on my computer (Ubuntu Breezy with Gnome, naturally) > > without changing the window manager? > > > > Except this, I find your work pretty good. Go on this way and more and more > > users will turn to Linux. > > It's done this way so that the button you're most likely to want to > select is at the bottom right corner of the window. It seems a bit > odd if you've been using Windows for years (as many buttons end up > "backwards"), but after a while of using it, I find that it really is > much much nicer :-) > > I think there has been some work done towards making it possible to > select alternate button orderings? Maybe someone else has some more > information. I'd certainly reccommend giving the GNOME style a try > though, as I really do feel that it makes dialogs more pleasant to > use. I just wanted to second this. Considering the amount of trivial dialogs you come in contact with as a user, this small change can help to gain significant productivity. Have fun enjoy (and learning) GNOME! Eric _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
