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Outline/reference on the left, work on the right; skeuomorphism or deeper reasons?
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Posted by satis
Aug 28, 2018 at 12:07 AM
Ken wrote:
> there are some applications,
>like My Life Organized, that have information panes on the right.
>Perhaps this is not inconsistent with the L to R philosophy, as it can
>“center” the main work area if there is also a pane to the left, but I
>sometimes find it awkward. And, there has been a big trend in web blog
>layouts (e.g. WordPress) to move the side pane from the left to the
>right.
People might not remember this, but starting in 1989 NeXT’s OS had scrollbars on the left instead of the right, and there were flame wars in some online tech forums when Apple bought NeXT, with people debating whether Mac OSX should follow NeXT’s example or not.
Ultimately it’s a learned preference, like the preferred location of desktop icons.
Posted by Ken
Aug 28, 2018 at 04:05 AM
satis wrote:
>
>People might not remember this, but starting in 1989 NeXT’s OS had
>scrollbars on the left instead of the right, and there were flame wars
>in some online tech forums when Apple bought NeXT, with people debating
>whether Mac OSX should follow NeXT’s example or not.
>
>Ultimately it’s a learned preference, like the preferred location of
>desktop icons.
I’ll say. My first machine was a 128K Mac in 1984. I switched to Windows in 1998, but have kept my menu bar at the top of my machine ever since. It drive our IT support people crazy when they have to remote in, but it is what I am used to.
—Ken
Posted by Listerene
Aug 28, 2018 at 10:20 AM
I’m thinking that some of us have waaay too much time on our hands
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 2, 2018 at 02:14 PM
In such case, I can suggest a very nice and hospitable forum, found at http://www.outlinersoftware.com, where people discuss all aspects related to software tools for managing ideas, information, tasks and more. It is very amicable and civil, and one is bound to learn a useful thing or too. Of course, one may encounter the occasional ill-mannered judgemental statement, but it will be the exception and, in any case, one is nowhere safe from such situations.
Listerene wrote:
>I’m thinking that some of us have waaay too much time on our hands