Comments on: The History of the OK Button. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/05/the-history-of-the-ok-button/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anthony Martin http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/05/the-history-of-the-ok-button/comment-page-1/#comment-106399 Anthony Martin Sat, 05 May 2007 19:25:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/05/the-history-of-the-ok-button/#comment-106399 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 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

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