Re: Mouse wheel and "horizontal actions"
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On Sunday 13 January 2002 08:24 pm, Christian Lavoie wrote:
> On Domingo 13 Enero 2002 21:16, Bjoern Krombholz wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 04:28:49PM -0600, John Laur wrote:
> > > Yes, that does seem backwards on the CD Player volume. In cases where a
> > > control is responsible for setting a numeric value like that, wheel up
> > > should indeed increase the value. Perhaps someone kde developer will
> > > take note of this :)
> >
> > I don't agree. You normally sort increasing numbers from left to right or
> > top-down (ascending). Same for plane steering, push down - go up; push up
> > go down. :)
>
> The generic issue is messier. I found that leaving the wheel on a
> horizontal scroll bar would scroll. Down -> right, up -> left.
>
> Made complete sense to me. Then again, I'm right handed, and the way I've
> been taught to write naturally associates down with right.
>
> I believe that an arab, or a left-handed, would think this up/left,
> down/right pairing is completely backwards.
>
> The generic issue is messier. =)
>
> I don't claim to be a human-machine interface expert.
Remember the Cartesian Coordinate system: increasing values
always go "east" and "north".
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