You are right. I should have said, based on your personas, you should know which applications or browsers your users use and if they are primarily Windows users, even on a web page, you should follow Windows conventions. Of course, I'm speaking from a more corporate experience than the users who may not work outside the home and just use the web, not any applications.
One of my reasons is that Microsoft and Apple had done a lot of research when writing the style guides for their desktop applications. Just because we are now using the web, we shouldn't ignore their research. But, just my opinion. I happen to be a consistency-freak. I'm also really against having OK be a button while the Cancel is a text link. Buttons are to perform actions--OK and Cancel are both actions. Susie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juan Ruiz Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:30 PM To: IxDA Discuss Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] OK/Cancel [wrong heading - Jaiku ] Susie wrote >I have not done extensive research but the standard has usually been: > >If it's a PC, Ok is on the left, Cancel on the right >If it's a Mac, Cancel is on the left, OK is on the right This assumption is correct if we are designing desktop applications. But, what about online apps? We cannot determine what browser the visitor is using, and then from it, decide the order of the buttons. How about the millions of Google's users? Google displays the primary action button (i.e. OK) on the left. I think Luke W's article (posted on this thread previously) answers a lot of our questions based on research and statistical data. Primary button should be on the left, secondary button on the right. Buttons should be left aligned. -Juan ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
