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Re:Why ‘Ok’ Buttons in Dialog Boxes Work Best on the Right by kree10 on Sunday June 17, 2012 @09:55AM (#4122932)
How did we end up with OK/Cancel in the first place?

When I run into an OK/Cancel box (usually on a web page using the generic built-in confirm()), it often feels to me like the meaning would be far more clear if the options were "yes" or "no", no matter which order they're displayed.

Is there a UI 'best practice' reason OK/cancel "won" over yes/no?

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Re:Why ‘Ok’ Buttons in Dialog Boxes Work Best on the Right by ajanuary on Sunday June 17, 2012 @11:11AM (#4123079)
I'm sure the Macintosh wasn't the first to go with OK/Cancel, but an interesting anecdote none the less about why "OK" won out over "Do It" http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story...
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