Monday, May 01, 2000, 6:54:58 AM, Cristian wrote:
> Next is *not* intuitive.
To you.
> When I am saying "what's next ?" I mean what's new. What's the new
> message that follows in time, not down in the list, where the newer
> message is up.
In received descending that would be previous. "Previous item in the
list". What is wrong with that? Is it not the previous item in the list?
Yes, it is. Well, then why is a button marked "previous" not appropriate to
jumping to the /previous/ item in a list?
You are making an illogical jump in logic. You're stating "Well, I want
to read the next message in the thread so I press next, right?" No.
Previous/next, just like up/down, are relative to your position in the message
list and the sorting order given. They have no bearing on time, name,
subject, size, attachment or any other sort criteria you can place on the
message list. They only refer to the /current/ item's position in the list, the
item above the current item and the item below the current item.
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