Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes?

Re:Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes? by ctdonath on Sunday January 06, 2013 @11:54PM (#5019441)

I once held a meeting for higher-ups (I was rather a peon) to decide whether a single switch should be labeled "online/offline" or "remote/local". 6 managers attended. The meeting lasted 3 hours.

Small surprise that once $14B/yr company just sold its remaining patent portfolio for $500M.

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Re:Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes? by fleitz on Monday January 07, 2013 @01:37AM (#5019751)

What color was the bikeshed there?

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Re:Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes? by rmrfrmrf on Monday January 07, 2013 @08:32AM (#5020837)

They're currently A/B testing for that.

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Re:Should you use Yes/No or Ok/Cancel on your message boxes? by B-Con on Monday January 07, 2013 @02:24AM (#5019875)

Sounds kind of like the real issue was how the two modes should be communicated to the user throughout the product. Either the real issue was being ignored, or it was just the representational case for a valid UX question (although that process still sounds like overkill).

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