Timeline for Should "Yes, delete it" be red, or green?
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| S Mar 13, 2019 at 12:52 | history | suggested | Prajwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2014 at 17:09 | comment | added | Andy | Yes, none are constant, but they are pretty common. As you mentioned earlier, the color is helpful too; perhaps even more so than positioning in cases like the Mac shutdown. In any event, the placement, color, etc. of dialogs should be subject to user testing like everything else. You want the process to be intuitive and have the shortest learning time for the most users. | |
| Feb 3, 2014 at 16:06 | comment | added | Miguel Fernandez | None of these are a constant. Are common practices, but it's not a law. It always depends on the context. Also, in windows, there doesn't seem to be a common pattern across. But again, these are some insights to inform your decision. Not something you should follow if it doesn't apply to your case. | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 21:23 | comment | added | Andy | Not always. For example, the Windows shut down action has Cancel on the right. | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 19:01 | comment | added | Miguel Fernandez | Yes, in this case, the action that users took to receive this confirmation window, was deleting an album, so you are just confirming the action they just took: delete. Normally on all confirmation messages, dialog windows, overlays, etc. the main action is placed on the bottom right, because the eye happens to be looking there after reading the prompting message. If you have a mac, for example see how when you are going to Shut Down your computer, the shut down action is to the right and cancel to the left. See how this pattern in consistently repeated in dialog windows. | |
| Jan 15, 2014 at 19:28 | comment | added | Andy | In the context of confirming deletion, is deletion the action you "want" your users to take? More importantly, why should the action you want users to take be placed on the right? | |
| Jan 15, 2014 at 19:07 | history | answered | Miguel Fernandez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |