Thanks for all the responses. I checked in with my friend Brother Karekin (aka the punk monk). We worked on several calendar software products together, and he affirmed this is indeed Judeo-Christian influence in origin.
>From a quick software survey, applications that are work focused (Outlook, iCal, Zimbra, etc) all get around this by having a workweek view and a Sunday-Monday preference. Basecamp provides subtle shading on its calendar to focus your attention on M-F while still displaying S and S on either side. But because websites (as opposed to apps) rarely have user preferences, Sunday starts are tha much more common. My question wasn't about fighting a standard, but why a standard that no longer corresponds to secular life persists. Diana On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Jim Harrison <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a thought. > > Maybe it's for religious reasons. > ie > Sunday is the most important day of the week because it's the day > you get to spend with God. > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44080 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
