OK/Cancel dialog, which way round?

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:20:50 +0100, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 12:14:22 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"Commander Kinsey" wrote

| It also matches the way the human language is read and the
directionality
| of time's arrow.
|
| Do something?
| No and abandon this Yes and continue
| and go back to what to the next thing
| you were previously that you want to
| doing do
| ------------------ -----------------

| Agreed and well put.

Quite an offbeat, philosophical, but creative
rationalization for your view. Now I guess you
can move on to yes/no/cancel and abort/retry/ignore.
Quantum directionality?

Personally, I prefer whichever one is most likely to come first.
The reason is that you can tab to the button and press Enter to
select. That can help with DE.

The only sensible order is to avoid pressing the wrong thing by mistake.

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:11:10 +0100, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

On Fri, 31 May 2019 17:21:37 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

[snip]

All that annoys me too. Even some cars. I gave my neighbour a lift
in her own car recently (she felt too unwell to drive), and I could
not find the switch for the headlights! Every car I've ever owned has
it on the stalk along with the indicator. This weird (Rover) car had
a separate switch on the dashboard!

When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

Why on earth would you need to know which side it's on? Don't your pumps have long enough hoses to reach across? If they don't, you must get queues for half the filling points, which would be very inefficient.

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:11:10 -0700, Gene Wirchenko, another brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, blathered:

All that annoys me too. Even some cars. I gave my neighbour a lift
in her own car recently (she felt too unwell to drive), and I could
not find the switch for the headlights! Every car I've ever owned has
it on the stalk along with the indicator. This weird (Rover) car had
a separate switch on the dashboard!

When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Sincerely, you troll-feeding senile asshole? What has all your "sincere"
bull**** got to do EITHER with alt.comp.os.windows-10 OR alt.usage.english?
Care to explain?

On 6/3/2019 11:17 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Gene Wirchenko
wrote:


When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

cars have had that for *years*, not that it matters, since the hose is
long enough to reach across to the other side.

Sure, if you don't mind dragging the filthy hose across your car's roof,
trunk, hood, or windshield to fill up....

Do any cars still conceal the gas cap behind the license plate, i.e. in
the center of the car?...how do the manufacturers show that on the
indicator?...r

On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 14:40:14 -0700, RH Draney wrote:

On 6/3/2019 11:17 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Gene Wirchenko
wrote:


When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

cars have had that for *years*, not that it matters, since the hose is
long enough to reach across to the other side.

Sure, if you don't mind dragging the filthy hose across your car's roof,
trunk, hood, or windshield to fill up....

If you find that inconvenient, find a 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda. That
car could be filled from either side of the car. It had a fuel-fill
flap on the panel behind the rear window on each side, but one gas
tank that both led to.

It sold new in 1987 for $170,00 (about $370,00 in today's money)


Do any cars still conceal the gas cap behind the license plate, i.e. in
the center of the car?...how do the manufacturers show that on the
indicator?...r
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:20:34 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

[snip]

Driving was so much easier before they tried to make it "safer". Another

A good point.

thing that annoys me is this crazy idea of removing give way (yield)
lines at junctions. Allegedly everyone slows down as they're unsure
of who has priority. Bull****. Everyone assumes the other car will
stop, and of course BANG!

No, that is just one scenario. Two others:

Or they both slow becuase neither knows. Confusion.

Or one yields as he should and the other does when he has right
of way. Confusion.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:31:17 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:11:10 +0100, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

On Fri, 31 May 2019 17:21:37 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

[snip]

All that annoys me too. Even some cars. I gave my neighbour a lift
in her own car recently (she felt too unwell to drive), and I could
not find the switch for the headlights! Every car I've ever owned has
it on the stalk along with the indicator. This weird (Rover) car had
a separate switch on the dashboard!

When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

Why on earth would you need to know which side it's on? Don't your pumps
have long enough hoses to reach across? If they don't, you must get
queues for half the filling points, which would be very inefficient.

Because the answer to your next question is not yes.

No, usually not.

No, most people know which side. (I worked briefly as a gas
jockey so I know that most people did indeed know.)

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:29:52 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:20:50 +0100, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 12:14:22 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"Commander Kinsey" wrote

| It also matches the way the human language is read and the
directionality
| of time's arrow.
|
| Do something?
| No and abandon this Yes and continue
| and go back to what to the next thing
| you were previously that you want to
| doing do
| ------------------ -----------------

| Agreed and well put.

Quite an offbeat, philosophical, but creative
rationalization for your view. Now I guess you
can move on to yes/no/cancel and abort/retry/ignore.
Quantum directionality?

Personally, I prefer whichever one is most likely to come first.
The reason is that you can tab to the button and press Enter to
select. That can help with DE.

The only sensible order is to avoid pressing the wrong thing by mistake.

The two are unrelated.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:04:02 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:


On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 14:40:14 -0700, RH Draney wrote:


On 6/3/2019 11:17 AM, nospam wrote:

In article , Gene Wirchenko
wrote:


When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

cars have had that for *years*, not that it matters, since the hose is
long enough to reach across to the other side.


Sure, if you don't mind dragging the filthy hose across your car's roof,
trunk, hood, or windshield to fill up....


If you find that inconvenient, find a 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda. That
car could be filled from either side of the car. It had a fuel-fill
flap on the panel behind the rear window on each side, but one gas
tank that both led to.

It sold new in 1987 for $170,00 (about $370,00 in today's money)


Did you mean F170,00?

--
John

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:35:18 -0500, Jack wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:04:02 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 14:40:14 -0700, RH Draney wrote:

On 6/3/2019 11:17 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Gene Wirchenko
wrote:


When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

cars have had that for *years*, not that it matters, since the hose is
long enough to reach across to the other side.

Sure, if you don't mind dragging the filthy hose across your car's roof,
trunk, hood, or windshield to fill up....

If you find that inconvenient, find a 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda. That
car could be filled from either side of the car. It had a fuel-fill
flap on the panel behind the rear window on each side, but one gas
tank that both led to.

It sold new in 1987 for $170,00 (about $370,00 in today's money)

Did you mean F170,00?

No. I meant $. The source of the amount was a U.S. made site, and a
U.S. made site uses dollars.
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:47:35 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:


On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:35:18 -0500, Jack wrote:


On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:04:02 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:


On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 14:40:14 -0700, RH Draney wrote:

On 6/3/2019 11:17 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Gene Wirchenko
wrote:


When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

cars have had that for *years*, not that it matters, since the hose is
long enough to reach across to the other side.

Sure, if you don't mind dragging the filthy hose across your car's roof,
trunk, hood, or windshield to fill up....

If you find that inconvenient, find a 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda. That
car could be filled from either side of the car. It had a fuel-fill
flap on the panel behind the rear window on each side, but one gas
tank that both led to.

It sold new in 1987 for $170,00 (about $370,00 in today's money)


Did you mean F170,00?


No. I meant $. The source of the amount was a U.S. made site, and a
U.S. made site uses dollars.


Ok, then, how many dollars is 170,00 in English?

--
John

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:54:46 -0700, Gene Wirchenko
wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:31:17 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:11:10 +0100, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

On Fri, 31 May 2019 17:21:37 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

[snip]

All that annoys me too. Even some cars. I gave my neighbour a lift
in her own car recently (she felt too unwell to drive), and I could
not find the switch for the headlights! Every car I've ever owned has
it on the stalk along with the indicator. This weird (Rover) car had
a separate switch on the dashboard!

When I rented cars, I used to get caught by which side the gas
cap was on. Many other must have, too, and now, cars in my area
usually have an indicator with the gas gauge as to which side the cap
is on.

Why on earth would you need to know which side it's on? Don't your pumps
have long enough hoses to reach across? If they don't, you must get
queues for half the filling points, which would be very inefficient.

Because the answer to your next question is not yes.

No, usually not.

No, most people know which side. (I worked briefly as a gas
jockey so I know that most people did indeed know.)

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko


Perhaps Commander Kinsey is in an area where there are long queues for
the pumps. That's not common in the U.S. unless there are some
special circumstances. I estimate that I enter a gas station and
directly to a free pump 95% of the time.

The exception is, in this area, Costco. Costco often has a gas price
that is significantly lower than other stations, a limited number of
pumps, and a queue of three or four cars in each lane.

--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:52:27 -0700, Gene Wirchenko, another brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, blathered:


A good point.

LOL Idiot agrees with idiot!


Sincerely,

"Sincerely"? What an asshole! LOL

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:54:46 -0700, Gene Wirchenko, another brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, blathered:


No, most people know which side. (I worked briefly as a gas
jockey so I know that most people did indeed know.)

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

What has all your senile **** got to do with the two ngs you crossposted it
to, you sincere senile asshole?

On Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:03:37 -0700, Gene Wirchenko, another brain damaged,
troll-feeding senile idiot, blathered:


The two are unrelated.

Sincerely,

Sincere and senile, eh, you troll-feeding senile asshole? BG