With all the discussion on this issue, maybe it should become a configuration option. Ha! Then we'd get into another similar debate as the whole mess of single click vs double click to launch icons :) Boy was that a long, drawn out mess!
John -----Original Message----- From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 8:43 PM To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mouse wheel and "horizontal actions" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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". - -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | | | ! "Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary..." | ! Dr. Dean Edell ! +------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8QkXHjTz5dS9Us5wRAig6AJ4pfgaTHJiuvVNgtmlqgZF01hZowQCbBuUi WWEUS//FIUIg1+FC60q87Y8= =GzKd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
