On the left, the Volume is vertical and the Channel is horizontal and the opposite is seen on the right.Which one do you think is more intuitive? I have seen several examples of both.
This is a problem with the metaphors used and there's a clear conflict of mental concepts on the one on the right because of two things:
Previous and Next are usually connected to Left and Right.
Up and Down are not good metaphors for Previous and Next because Up means Above, which is connected to Next, but it could also mean Previous, due to the writing direction (left to right and top to bottom).
The Left layout is much more intuitive and it's not understandable why there are still manufacturers that ignore such basic mental concepts.
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thats interesting = about right and left as next and previews buttons.
but what do u think of all Arab countries where people right from right to left? does it mean such devices produced there could have opposite directions? or lets say japan, don't they write from top down?
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interesting... I wonder how the remotes are organized in those countries. I'll try to have a look!
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