The History of the OK Button.

By Miss Cellania in Everything Else on May 5, 2007 at 9:32 am

Why do our computers ask us if something is OK? And how did it get to be that way? The answers to these and other fascinating questions you would never think to ask are at History of the Button. Link -via the Presurfer

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Anthony Martin
May 5th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I thought that Apple made OK popular. They originally wanted the text to be “Do It” but the usability testing people thought they were saying, “Dolt” as in idiot.

“I’m not a dolt, why is the software calling me a dolt?”

See: Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: Do It
http://tinyurl.com/3dy542