Saturday 5 May 2007

History Of The OK Button

It's universal, ubiquitous, friendly, decisive, connected. It's on your screen, it's in your pocket. It's everywhere. It's you and the machine having a casual conversation. 'How's this?' 'OK!'

When the software required confirmation from the user, it displayed a small window called a 'dialog box,' that contained a question, and presented two buttons, for positive or negative confirmation.

The buttons were labeled 'Do It' and 'Cancel.' The designers observed that a few users seemed to stumble at the point that the dialog was displayed, clicking 'Cancel' when they should have clicked 'Do It,' but it wasn't clear what they were having trouble with.

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