Yes/No/Cancel causes Aspirin sales to soar
This article critiques poor user interface design, specifically the use of confusing 'Yes/No/Cancel' button labels in software. It advocates for better usability standards to reduce user frustration and improve product competitiveness.
Why it matters
Good UI/UX design is fundamental to the accessibility and success of complex software systems in a competitive market.
Welcome to Yes/No/Cancel, the online usability magazine. This first article describes the origin of the name, and explains why it is bad to use buttons labelled Yes , No and Cancel in computer programs. I also discuss why user-friendliness in general is a very important topic.
This online magazine (or blog if you will) is about user-friendliness, and lack thereof. It criticises bad design and promotes good design. One might think that after usability research has been conducted for many years and many books have been written on the topic, finally people would have learnt to get it right. But no – my impression is that many products are as bad as ever, and the reason why I am writing this is to raise awareness of these problems.
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