Any right-to-left readers out there?

Thomas Lübking thomas.luebking at web.de
Sat Feb 6 18:27:49 CET 2010


I just worried about the rtl usability of the new Toolbar, tested "amarok --
reverse" and the result is (unrelated to the bar) a "disaster" ;-)


The progressslider moves left to right, the toolbar icon order is reverted but 
they're not mirrored (so the play button points out of the window in the top 
right corner), the timelabel position is reverted against the slider in the 
slim toolbar (fixable by a mouseclick) and while matching the slider in the 
MainToolbar, the alignment is "wrong" (?)! and the next & prev track labels 
follow the slider but in this break against everything else.

Now, this is easy to fix (esp. the icons in the MainToolbar are under easy 
control), i just wonder what rtl readers would expect (i mean, they buy the 
same Asian HW players like the rest of us ;-)

So readers of the wrong* direction:
- which direction should the slider move
- how should the player buttons be ordered
- do you expect the next track on the left or the right?

Cheers,
Thomas

*well, it's certainly not the /right/ direction ;-)


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