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		crispyambulance on Sept 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What’s stored in a school Google Drive account? FWIW, that message with the buttons "Link Data" or "Cancel" is very confusing. It does not address what pressing "link data" will _actually_ do and what pressing "cancel" will _actually_ do.

scarface74 on Sept 19, 2018 [–]

Exactly. It’s been part of the standard HIG for both Microsoft and Apple not to use “OK” and “Cancel” and instead use more descriptive turns like “Allow Syncing”/“Don’t Allow Syncing” for a decade.

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