Press the "right arrow" button to move left.

by joyie8joy6 on 2007-09-07 10:25:31

In the above figure, when you click the "right arrow" button, should the thumbnail list move to the left or to the right? After a little experimentation, we find that clicking the "right arrow" button and having the list move to the left feels more "natural" and is a more common practice. For example, take a look at the following cases: news.yahoo.com, www.6rooms.com. After reviewing these scrolling thumbnail lists, let's now consider electronic maps: map.baidu.com. When pressing the "right arrow" button, the map moves to the left. Now, let’s examine the window interface: in the window interface's scrollbar, pressing the "right arrow" button causes the view to move to the left. Shouldn't pressing the "right arrow" button make it move to the right?!