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Notice how they moved the ok & cancel buttons to the bottom right since it’s the more logical location to put them.

Meanwhile gtk now puts those on opposite sides of the window title bar by default.

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Separating them is good for avoiding misclicks.

Decades ago, MacOS properly had the close box for windows on the opposite side from minimize etc. widgets; now the one destructive window action could be reasonably safe without confirmation. Then Windows started gaining popularity and nobody ever did it the right way by default again. A pity for the sharp minds at Xerox PARC.


Command Q and Command W are still beside each other though

I don't mind ok and cancel being on opposite sides. It's mainly ok not being bottom-right that bothers me.

How is it more logical? Upper right places them close to the other window controls. Also continues the down-then-right order of most of the other controls.

In fact, putting buttons along either _side_ of the windows would be a better fit on the wider aspect screens we use nowadays.




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