Outline/reference on the left, work on the right; skeuomorphism or deeper reasons?

Posted by Hugh
Aug 26, 2018 at 10:52 AM

Paul J. Miller wrote:

>
>Paul J. Miller wrote:
>I have tried it both ways round and I always find I am more comfortable
>>with the notes/text on the right and the tree/outline on the left. I
>>don’t know if this is a result of my culture or not.
>>
> >Maybe it’s just because I’m used to seeing it that way !
> >Maybe if I persisted with the reversed setup I would get used to it.
>

I’m the same. Isn’t it a cultural “accustomisation” in the Western world? From the early days of learning to read, my eyes and brain have become accustomed to scanning for sense from left to right, and, furthermore, from scanning from macro on the left to micro on the right. The indentation of indented lists works that way; even, for me, horizontal mind-maps look awkward if the “head-node” is on the right.