OK/Cancel?Malach over at Scroll of Emptiness nails it on the head when he has a bit of whinge about poorly thought out dialogue boxes. I feel the same. As he points out...

"If a dialogue box asks me a question, I should be able to answer it in a conversationally correct manner. 'Would you like to continue this operation?' is a question that should be answered with 'yes' or 'no'. 'OK' is (borderline) acceptable as a replacement for 'Yes', but 'Cancel' isn't for 'No'."

Word. I get caught out by this once in a while, especially when a dialogue box pops up asking me something like...

"Are you sure you want to cancel this update?"

OK | Cancel

Now, I know this is a bit stupid, but my natural inclination is to hit 'cancel', because, after all, I'm cancelling whatever it is that I'm doing. But no, I really have to hit OK. Why not just, as Malach points out, make the options yes/no, and avoid any confusion? Grrrr.
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