Re: [Usability] My second file chooser proposal

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 15:15, Magnus Bergman wrote:

> 3 Works from top to bottom and from left to right.
> 
>   A human scans through information in this order, therefore the
>   widgets should be placed in this order. (See my previous mail for
>   more details.)

Minor nitpick - I don't think all humans scan in this order; just those
of us that use languages that flow in that order.  People whose language
flow from right to left or bottom to top would, I suspect, find it more
intuitive for work to flow in those directions as well.

I'm not personally aware of any languages that flow bottom to top, but
there are plenty that go right to left.  If a dialog only works well in
left-to-right scenarios, it could be less than ideal.

I'm no human computer interaction expert, tho.  Just relying on
oft-failed common sense here.  ;-)
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.