Re: Rotation descriptions

["Alexandre Prokoudine" <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On 6/2/06, David Berg wrote:
> I'm wondering why "Rotate Left" and "Rotate Right" were chosen to
> describe the commands instead of "Rotate Clockwise" and "Rotate
> Counterclockwise".  The best I can guess is length of the words.  If
> thats the case, here's a little antecdotal feed back on usability.
>
> It wasn't until I was half through writing this e-mail that I noticed
> the small little icons noted which direction the image would be
> rotated.  I am having a difficult time remembering if it is the top of
> the photo or the bottom of the photo that moves.  Personally, I think
> it would be clearer if a larger arrow and/or
> Clockwise/Counterclockwise were used.

Indeed. They are usually cut to Rotate CW and Rotate CCW. And we can
still provide hints for menu items to explain what CW/CCW mean for
those who doesn't know.

Alexandre