Comments on: No, Cancel, Yes? http://ahtik.com/blog/2009/05/14/no-cancel-yes/ Beyond Being Backwards-Compatible Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ahti Kitsik http://ahtik.com/blog/2009/05/14/no-cancel-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Ahti Kitsik Thu, 14 May 2009 16:01:08 +0000 http://ahtik.com/blog/?p=183#comment-201 I see :) It's all right in the long run, first WTF moments come just from the habits and following GTK guidelines in GTK-based environment makes totally sense. Thanks for clearing this up! I see :) It’s all right in the long run, first WTF moments come just from the habits and following GTK guidelines in GTK-based environment makes totally sense. Thanks for clearing this up!

]]> By: Remy Chi Jian Suen http://ahtik.com/blog/2009/05/14/no-cancel-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Remy Chi Jian Suen Thu, 14 May 2009 15:57:44 +0000 http://ahtik.com/blog/?p=183#comment-200 I'll cross post the same comment I posted over at <a href="http://meikas.com/blog/2009/weird-ordering-of-buttons-in-new-eclipse/#comment-1574" rel="nofollow">Ivar's blog</a>. -------- We changed this to fix <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=57762" rel="nofollow">bug 57762</a>. Technically speaking, we are correct if you look at the <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/windows-alert.html.en" rel="nofollow">GNOME HIG</a>. The dialog matches the <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/images/windows-alert-save.png.en" rel="nofollow">example</a> although I guess we are technically wrong because we don't use the exact text. "Extra buttons may be used to provide alternates to the primary action proposed by the alert text. Place these buttons to the left of the Cancel button, or the affirmative button if Cancel is not present. An example of a common alternate action would be a Quit without Saving button in a save confirmation alert. This is an alternative to the primary suggested action Save and the Cancel button." In any case, this change was <b>intentional</a>. I’ll cross post the same comment I posted over at Ivar’s blog.

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We changed this to fix bug 57762. Technically speaking, we are correct if you look at the GNOME HIG. The dialog matches the example although I guess we are technically wrong because we don’t use the exact text.

“Extra buttons may be used to provide alternates to the primary action proposed by the alert text. Place these buttons to the left of the Cancel button, or the affirmative button if Cancel is not present. An example of a common alternate action would be a Quit without Saving button in a save confirmation alert. This is an alternative to the primary suggested action Save and the Cancel button.”

In any case, this change was intentional.

]]> By: Ahti Kitsik http://ahtik.com/blog/2009/05/14/no-cancel-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Ahti Kitsik Thu, 14 May 2009 13:47:04 +0000 http://ahtik.com/blog/?p=183#comment-199 Hmm, yes, makes sense. Looks like this is what SWT team did -- to follow native OS button ordering for confirmation dialogs. Hmm, yes, makes sense. Looks like this is what SWT team did — to follow native OS button ordering for confirmation dialogs.

]]> By: shamaz http://ahtik.com/blog/2009/05/14/no-cancel-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-198 shamaz Thu, 14 May 2009 12:47:18 +0000 http://ahtik.com/blog/?p=183#comment-198 in theory, this order depends on the interface guidelines from your platform. For example, the order is different on Windows and OSX. For an example : http://doc.trolltech.com/qq/qq19-buttons.html#anextendedmessagebox in theory, this order depends on the interface guidelines from your platform.
For example, the order is different on Windows and OSX.
For an example :
http://doc.trolltech.com/qq/qq19-buttons.html#anextendedmessagebox

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