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[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/21/2014 12:39 AM, Sam Hulick wrote:
> Check out this collage of just a few different applications (both native
> and web) that show that an arrow pointing up means sort in ascending
> order, and an arrow pointing down means sort in a descending order.

No matter which direction, it remains guesswork if A–Z maps to 
newer–older and to smaller–larger or if any pair has to be switched around.

I will attach a mockup (that is old as the theme looks) with a possible 
solution for A–Z and smaller–larger. Also at:
http://xtupload.com/image.php?id=C440_53071F51

Back then I couldn't think of a clear solution for newer–older. A more 
recent date could be seen to be a *larger* value, or bars could 
represent the timespan from now back to the date.

Green could stand for newer and brown for older, but that might be seen 
as a rather loud solution.


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Thorsten Wilms

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