infinite love ⴳ (@trwnh@mastodon.social)
Föderation EN Di 17.09.2024 19:11:22
@evan @silverpill @erincandescent @julian Yeah, my point is that it seems almost entirely conventional whether to have "reverse" mean first.next.next... or last.prev.prev... -- and I favor the latter approach because it makes more sense imo, no double-inversion ("reverse-reverse chron", anyone?)
Evan Prodromou (@evan@cosocial.ca)
Föderation EN Di 17.09.2024 19:16:14
@trwnh @silverpill @erincandescent @julian Except for most interfaces, your first page is the current stuff, and you go back in time to find earlier stuff.
infinite love ⴳ (@trwnh@mastodon.social)
Föderation EN Di 17.09.2024 19:36:36
@evan @silverpill @erincandescent @julian This is what I meant by "conventional". On a forum thread, you generally read forward. On social media like Twitter, there is a heavy bias toward going reverse. And some interfaces even let you choose ascending or descending order.