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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: The Great Standard Yes/No/Cancel Alert Contest
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Date: 9 Sep 89 07:12:55 GMT
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In addition to the other valuable comments on this topic, I'd like to
point out that that Alert dates back to the MacPlus era, and that more
recent documentation changed the recommendation, unfortunately I can't
remember where I read it.

Now, instead of buttons saying Yes/No/Cancel, the buttons should say:
Save/Discard/Cancel.

In addition, I find Apple's standard positions give buttons that are a few
pixels too short to look their best, and also a few pixels too short for
easy mousing.