richard said:
Years ago during one superbowl there was an advertisement that
appeared only once and changed the way things were done.
People have been brainwashed into thinking that because it's always
done that way, that is the only way it can be done.
If one wants to advance technology, then one must think "outside of
the box" instead of living within it.
So are you a sheeple or a shepherd?
This shepherd has dressed in wolf's clothing methinks (to mess up an already
horrible metaphor)
)
A scrollbar moving from one side to another hardly advances technology. It
provides no extra function or advantage, nor does it make any existing
function better in way. Merely different. I guess there could be a case for
moving it to the left if your site was only ever viewed by left-handers
In order to argue the 'advancement of technology' line, one must provide
proof, or at least *reason* for wanting to change an existing 'standard' way
of doing things. One must have a rationale for change, not merely to make
change for changes sake. To do otherwise is merely fashion or fad.
Why go to the bother of presenting something to the user something that
*looks* substantially different, when the thing does exactly the same
things, in the same way, as the *old* thing - except of course you may have
successfully confused, irritated and ultimately *lost* the viewer to another
site?
I've just had a great idea... why doesn't America change the traffic rules
so they all drive on the left hand side of the road? Or perhaps we could
change written English to read from right to left?
The problem is, your example doesn't show evidence of thinking 'outside the
box', you've just made a mirror image of the box. It's still functionally
the same box.
Try thinking outside the triangle, and maybe you'll come up with something
worthwhile
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