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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Dialogs: How to layout
From:       zander () microweb ! nl
Date:       1999-09-13 15:50:29
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> > I think {OK Cancel} should always be together at the right/bottom of the
> > dialog.  Apply should be added at the left or top of OK, and the help button
> > should be left/top alligned. 
> 
> Is this based on anything other than opinion? All the research I have
> ever seen (and I do study Human Computer Interaction) suggests that
> users work faster and happier if the things they want most are to the
> left of the window, because that's where the eye goes first when
> scanning for something.
> 
> Consistency is a major point, but so is ease of use for people who don't
> know enough to recognise the consistencies. Having the most used buttons
> consistently on the left/top has been proven to be the most usable
> combination.
> 

Agreed, and for those who think: "but I am used to X, why change that?"
If people are starting to use KDE (a large group!) they have to change 
some habits, why not do it the way it is supposed to be!


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Thomas Zander                                                zander@microweb.nl
Today, it's understood that of course you'll use a computer,
because it makes other people's lives easier -- or, more         icq: 970 00 05
accurately, it enables them to maintain their manic pace.      gpg-key:  0588D5

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