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From: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: The Great Standard Yes/No/Cancel Alert Contest
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Date: 11 Sep 89 13:48:44 GMT
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Reply-To: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
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In article <8461@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>This is one of the few cases where I recommend *not* going along with
>the user interface standard.

You're probably saying this just because you haven't done it yourself. :-)

>The dialog as specified contains a
>sentence fragment which is anything but clear to novice users.

>The Yes, No, and Cancel buttons should in fact be placed in the proper
>relative positions and assigned the standard meanings.

I agree. So, has anyone seen an application that has the buttons at the
correct coordinates? So far I've received only one report of a program
that follows the guidelines and even that one was a non-commercial private
program.

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