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• glitch 14y ago
  Although, I've always preferred the Apple system of "Destructive"......"Neutral".."Constructive" So that destructive operations are on the far left, isolated from non-destructive operations on the far right. Yielding, [Don't Save] [Cancel] [Save] Also, in a window title bar (more classical than OS X now), [Close] [Minimize/Shade] [Zoom] Any of the buttons grouped on the left side should be considered "destructive actions", and any actions on the right side should be considered "safe" or "non-destructive actions". However, this isn't the whole story. In cases where the main, intended action is destructive, the primary action verb should still be on the right, but the [Cancel] button should be the default enabled button (what Return key does when pressed)—e.g., emptying the Trash.