Re: Button ordering

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 02Nov2001 03:28PM (-0500), Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> 
> While I'm willing to be told that this is the better ordering (the
> fact that Windows and Mac disagree probably mean that there is no
> "right" ordering), I have two reservations about the change:
> 
>  * Familiarity is important; I'm feeling quite disoriented by
>    the change and other of our users will probably be disoriented
>    too, both existing GNOME users and users coming from Windows.
> 
>  * With this change we'll have inconsistency in all apps until
>    they are fixed.
> 
> Anyways, since I'm sure this change is going to cause controversy I
> thought I might as well start the flame war myself to save time ;-)

I'd like to toss in a few comments here.

I've mostly used Windows and Unixoid systems that copied it. However,
I was able to adapt to Mac OS X, which has the other button order,
with a minimum of fuss.

Even switching back and forth between my Mac and my Linux box isn't
too bad.

So I think people can get used to this change easily.

I have noticed that mixing apps that use opposite button order
conventions together is pretty confusing, unless they look
sufficiently different. However, the separated help button looks
different enough to me.

Of course, I think Jeff's earlier user testing results count for far
more than these personal anecdotes.

Regards,

Maciej