Comment 5 for bug 1097690

I suggest that you take a careful look at the original video once again.
And then once more. That video is far more worth to elementary OS than non
empirical speculation.
On Jan 30, 2013 8:01 PM, "Daniel Fore" <email address hidden> wrote:

> 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
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097690
>
> Title:
> Suboptimal button ordering on Scratch welcome screen?
>
> Status in Scratch:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> When scratch is started from the application launcher, it initially
> shows, in the main area, two buttons and a bit of text:
>
> http://youtu.be/ULblsnv48WM?t=3m23s
>
> Among these two buttons, the one that is used the most should be on
> top, as people will evaluate/read the buttons starting from the top.
> If the buttons are so arranged, people will, on average, spend the
> least amount of time before finding what they are looking for. Even
> more crucial, impatient users will have less chance of losing patience
> (giving up) before they find the button they are looking for. This
> unfortunate scenario is what happens right here (she actually wants to
> edit a new file, but manages to get confused by the first button
> (which I won't fault you guys for) and thus gives up reading the
> button right below):
>
> http://youtu.be/ULblsnv48WM?t=3m32s
>
> If you do not have usage statistics that can reveal the frequency of
> usage (that is, whether people most often launch Scratch to
> subsequently open an existing file, or most often launch Scratch to
> edit a new file), I offer the following reasoning:
>
> If one wants to open an existing text file, one often finds the file
> through the 'Files' application, then double clicks it.
> If one wants to create a new text file, one will most often do it by
> opening Scratch, then editing and subsequently saving it.
>
> These "observations" indicates that the 'New File' button will be used
> more than 'Open File'. Thus the 'New File' button should be positioned
> above 'Open File'. Currently it is the opposite.
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