![]() ![]() I think the Windows platform has created an anti-pattern with OK/Cancel, that is now so widespread that its validating usability studies. Numbers on the number line increase to the right, decrease to the left.Ītomic weights on the periodic table increase to the right. Old 2D games like Dangerous Dave move the character to the right, when they are progressing further.The browser navigation works Back(left) and Forward(Right).The English language flows left to right.The reason is, that before Windows, I've been conditioned into my instinct in the following ways: ![]() Where would you click? I'd click on the button on the right edge, if I am looking to submit the form. My basic instinct says that the OK/ Approval/ Move Forward button, no matter what colour or size you apply to it, needs to be on the right edge of the dialogue box.Ĭonsider this dialogue box, with no labels or colour highlights: So usability tests would certainly come out with lots of people looking for an OK button on the left, Cancel on the right.īut that doesn't change the most basic instinct of someone who is interacting with the system without any pre-conditioning. It seems like Windows OK/ Cancel convention has done a lot of brain conditioning for users.
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