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This has been discussed looong ago here
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305277 and consensus seemes
to have been reached to what is obvious: that the direction of the
triangle icons indicating ascending/descending ordering in lists is
reversed, i.e. wrong.
I don't know exactly what relation there is between gnome and unity, but
I'm astonished to see that the issue is also present in Unity two years
later (two years since the first comment; the bug report indeed dates
back to 2005!!).
The small end of the triangle (i.e. its tip) should correspond to the
side where things are small (i.e. small numbers, strings beginning with
'a', etc), and the big end of the triangle (i.e. its base) should
correspond to the side where things are big (big numbers, strings
beginning with 'z',...). So a triangle with the tip on the top should
mean "ascending downwards", and a triangle with the tip on the bottom
and the base on the top should mean "descending downwards". This is the
prevailing convention EVERYWHERE except in Ubuntu, and it is also the
only one that makes sense.
The only possible ambiguity (or questionability) is with dates, because
an earlier date can be regarded as "smaller" than a more recent date but
also as a "bigger" time ago.
Apparently, the (wrong) rationale behind the reverse directioning is
that the triangles are mistakenly seen as "arrows" indicating in which
physical direction the values are increasing. Hence a "down arrow"
(triangle with the tip at the bottom) would mean "the values increase
downwards". Note however that this reasoning is fundamentally flawed in
that it requires an already implicit "increasing" ordering: if the arrow
points "downwards" you have to read "downwards is increasing", if it
points upwards you have to read "upwards is increasing".
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2b1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:55:43 PDT
2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,snap,place,resize,session,regex,grid,wall,move,gnomecompat,imgpng,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Dec 8 14:46:31 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-12-07 19:34:40.350850
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 9500M GS] [10de:0405] (rev a1) (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:15d2]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled,
Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release
updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary,
Enabled, In use)
pkg:sl-modem-daemon - Software modem (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release
updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M51Sn
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
root=UUID=173acbf5-26a0-49e3-8d2b-f1c142582cbf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-07 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/24/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 303
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: M51Sn
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr303:bd12/24/2007:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnM51Sn:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnM51Sn:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: M51Sn
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1
** Affects: ayatana-design
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Incomplete
** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 oneiric running-unity ubuntu
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Guidance on sort order triangle direction is opposite of prevailing convention
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901703
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