Re: tabulated-list sort icon is reversed

[Joost Kremers <joost.kremers@phil.uni-goettingen.de>]

On Sun, Jul 29 2018, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:34 +0200
>> Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>> 
>> What do you reckon should be done, switch the direction or let 
>> it as it is now?
>
> Not sure.  I'd like others to chime in with their opinions.

Perhaps it should be noted that Emacs is not alone in using the 
arrow heads this way. The file manager on my Elementary OS system 
(Patheon) uses ▼ (i.e., a down-pointing triangle) to indicate 
sorting A-Z and 0-9, the Rhythmbox music player does as well, and 
the same goes for the image viewer Geeqie (e.g., in its Exif 
metadata window).

Could be a GNU/Linux vs. Windows / MacOS thing, I don't know. I 
find Emacs' current way of doing things more intuitive, but that's 
just me. I don't think you're ever gonna reach consensus on this 
one.

But I must also say that I generally only look at these indicators 
to see which column is sorted, not to find out how it's sorted, 
because I find it's quicker (for me) to just look at a few items.

Just my €0.02, though.

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Joost Kremers
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