276439 - Delete folder confirmation dialog should use Yes/No instead of OK/Cancel

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

Description

[TT]

Add me to the list of people who hate dialog boxes that prompt the user for "Ok"
or "Cancel" when other choices are more correct grammatically.  I see there are
a bunch of other bug reports for stuff like this, but nothing for the specific
instance I just noticed.

If you try to delete a mail folder, you are prompted with the question, "Are you
sure you want to move the selected folder into the Trash?"  The dialog box
choices are "Ok" and "Cancel".  The buttons should say "Yes" and "No".  What's
interesting about this dialog box is that the "Ok" option is on the right. 
Usually, it's on the left.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[TT]

This problem still exists on 1.7.12 on Mac OS X.

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

There used to be a policy of not using Yes/No dialogs -- OK/Cancel being 
thought more intuitive, combined with a statement rather than a question in dialog box; or, more preferred, to label the buttons "Delete" and 
"Don't delete."  (This approach is controversial, and I generally disagree with it, altho I do see certain situation where Yes/No leads to the wrong decision -- compare "Discard changes?" with "Save anyway?": "Yes" to one question is identical to "No" to the other.)  xref bug 130789 (also bug 118684 for additional discussion).

However, bug 329640 was just checked in to change an OK/Cancel to a Yes/No, so this should be confirmed, regardless of how it's implemented.

Comment 4

[Karsten Düsterloh]

A summary should reflect the request... ;-)

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

This was fixed as part of bug 231654. 
"[Cancel] [Delete <folder name>]" is now used.