Food for thought or discussion: has anybody considered changing the
layout of forms for left-handed users?

My right-handed users want controls on the right side of the screen
where their hands don't obscure their view when reaching for them.
And when I bring up help balloons I should put them to the left of the
pen whenever there's room.

Because I'm using pilrc (whose resource descriptions are in text form)
it was trivial to conditionally compile a version of Crosswords for
left-handed users.  Is anybody going to care?  Have Palm's HI
designers considered this issue?

Heck, should there be a user preference for indicating handedness and
an API for determining it at runtime?

Or do I just have too much time on my...hands?

--Eric House

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