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Re: How to avoid a Windows interface on OS X?
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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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