>But I think that such things are the main basis in the problems any of 
>us have (and the concurrent complaints) with any/all user-interfaces. 
>We think they're great and intuitive when their logic follows our own, 
>and we think they're stupid/poorly-developed/counter-intuitive when 
>their logic runs counter to our own.
>
>There isn't any universally-agreeable, really intuitive way of doing 
>things.  At least as far as I understand things.  The moment you make 
>something "intuitive" for person A, you've likely made it 
>"counter-intuitive" for person B.

I've pointed out what I think the mental analogy should be, as follows:

1st line of lyrics
2nd line of lyrics
3rd line of lyrics

which is 

1
2
3

and it seems there are some people who see this as the intuitive ordering:

3
2
1

It seems to me this must be like the left/right brained thing. Those of
us seeing visual lists (1. 2. 3.) and those thinking of numbering logic
(2 is 'higher' than one).

>For instance, I have no problem imagining 2 as a higher number than 1, 
>so it's easy for me to click the up-arrow to raise the number from 1 to 
>2, and the down-arrow to lower it from 1 to 0.

I don't have a problem with it, I just always click the wrong arrow once
at the beginning of each edit (not using it everyday). I was just
wondering if it's one of those things that no-one ever complained about
because it's never the most pressing thing (always something bigger broken!).

-- 
Simon Troup
Digital Music Art

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