Re: Button ordering
- From: Joel Becker <jlbec evilplan org>
- To: Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>
- Cc: Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>, gtk-devel-list gnome org, gnome-hackers gnome org, usability gnome org
- Subject: Re: Button ordering
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 22:15:37 +0000
On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 03:53:36PM -0600, Gregory Merchan wrote:
> All the evidence thusfar indicates that Apple were the ones who actually
> looked into this and IBM (followed by Motif and Windows) probably only
> did othewise to avoid lawsuits. By the time IBM OS/2 2.1 was released, IBM
> had started using the same sequence as Apple but reversed and so placing OK
> and similar buttons (e.g., Save and Find) consistenly in the lower _left_
> corner; however, it was probably too late for Windows or Motif to change by
> that time.
I was actually used to the OS/2 style from way back, and prefer
[ Ok/Save/Open ] to be on the bottom left, but i figure folks have
already decided against this, so I didn't want to mention it. I
actually think that a blank lower-left corner looks ugly :-)
Joel
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