And if you do that you force the user to read all options, which is completely unnecessary.
If the question is "Reboot?" and you have Yes/No as alternatives I will see that it is a Yes/No-dialogue-box instantly, way before I read the buttons I see the button structure and recognize it as a typical Yes/No-dialogue-box.
I read the question and because I already know my alternatives I have go directly to the option I want, if the buttons change every time I have to read and assess the situation every single time. This is good for critical questions (like, do you want to format this drive?) but bad for common questions (such as Save?).
The author never even considered this, which is exactly why you should follow platform conventions. If you don't people are going to feel weird coming to your application and even if you manage to gain 10% in comprehension by switching to a non-standard layout you are going to loose 80% in comprehension and 10540% in speed just because you are different than what the user expected.
Android ICS changed the place for the Cancel/OK buttons when unlocking the sim-card, my muscle memory still haven't learned this despite using ICS for many months.
The only thing this article managed to get through to me was: follow your platform guidelines.
If the question is "Reboot?" and you have Yes/No as alternatives I will see that it is a Yes/No-dialogue-box instantly, way before I read the buttons I see the button structure and recognize it as a typical Yes/No-dialogue-box.
I read the question and because I already know my alternatives I have go directly to the option I want, if the buttons change every time I have to read and assess the situation every single time. This is good for critical questions (like, do you want to format this drive?) but bad for common questions (such as Save?).
The author never even considered this, which is exactly why you should follow platform conventions. If you don't people are going to feel weird coming to your application and even if you manage to gain 10% in comprehension by switching to a non-standard layout you are going to loose 80% in comprehension and 10540% in speed just because you are different than what the user expected.
Android ICS changed the place for the Cancel/OK buttons when unlocking the sim-card, my muscle memory still haven't learned this despite using ICS for many months.
The only thing this article managed to get through to me was: follow your platform guidelines.