Re: [Usability]HIG should advise against Yes/No in confirmation alerts

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

I'd bet money* it is elsewhere in the HIG.  I know it is Gnome policy to
have "Do Action" or "Cancel", rather than having a description and then a
Yes/No.
If I weren't on dialup I'd try and prove it and give you a link.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

* or confectionary.

On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, John Levon wrote:

> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:13:47 +0100
> From: John Levon <levon movementarian org>
> To: usability gnome org
> Subject: [Usability]HIG should advise against Yes/No in confirmation
>     alerts
>
>
> The HIG draft
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/draft_hig/windows.html#alert-windows
>
> does not seem to contain any text advising against the use of
> context-dependent "Yes" / "No" labels in confirmation alerts (although
> the examples avoid them).
>
> Shouldn't there be some text advising of this here ?
>
> regards
> john
>
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