Re: How to avoid a Windows interface on OS X?
Re: How to avoid a Windows interface on OS X?
- Subject: Re: How to avoid a Windows interface on OS X?
- From: j o a r <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:43:46 +0200
Ondra is right, now drop this thread already!
The alert is just a way of saying "Hey, do you know that the action you
selected could cause problems if not used correctly?" The default
button for everything but the most devastating actions ("Really nuke
Iraq? yes NO) should always be the one that allows the action that the
user initially selected to be performed. We must assume that the user
knows what they are doing.
Users that peform actions randomly and hit any button in an alert
without reading it first cannot be helped regardless of what we try.
Don't pollute the UI for your well behaved users.
j o a r
On Thursday, Oct 17, 2002, at 23:13 Europe/Stockholm, Arthur Clemens
wrote:
Users habitually start pressing return 2 times when a dialog appears
often - without reading the actual alert. This has nothing to do with
being an idiot, but with easy growing habits.
As a programmer you cannot prevent users growing these habits, you
just should prevent serious mishap that could happen due to
"irresponsible" behaviour.
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