Comment 1 for bug 1097690

OP, it's good that you're thinking about these sorts of things, but typically we put our "call to action" or "Primary" button at the end of a dialog. So if you're suggesting that creating a new file is the primary action, things are already in order ;)

See this article for more info: http://uxmovement.com/buttons/why-ok-buttons-in-dialog-boxes-work-best-on-the-right/

But there is a bit of a problem here! Our description text says "Open a file to begin editing", then puts "New file" in the call to action spot. So if "Open" is our call to action, the open button should indeed be at the bottom.

In other words, I agree with reversing the order of the buttons, but for the opposite reason that you think they should be reversed :p