First impressions of Neo1973

[Vincent]

On 14/05/07, Piotr Duda <openmoko at nemezis.eu> wrote:
>
> >From all phones I saw being sold in Europe (and few years ago in Asia)
> only Motorola (and not in all
> models) use the reject-on-left and answer-on-right style. Maybe Im
> mistaken but I always tought that
> all others just do the oposite? Have no idea where did it come from,
> considering that first mobile
> phones was made in Motorola as I believe, and others perhaps should
> follow. But since the most
> phones use answer-on-left and reject-on-right style, it should be more
> intuitive for most users
> (despite that as right-handed I prefer Motorola style).
> Maybe in future someone will implement some configuration or maybe some
> different themes/skins will
> be enough to choose which style is best for me. :-)


I guess when you hold a phone in your right hand, the left button is easiest
to hit with your thumb...

Piotr
>
> Steven ** napisał(a):
> > On 5/14/07, *Ole Tange* <openmoko.org at tange.dk
> > <mailto:openmoko.org at tange.dk>> wrote:
> >
> >     So to me the following actions should be put on the left side:
> >
> >     left, undo, back, cancel, previous, no, reject-call
> >
> >     and these should be put on the right hand side:
> >
> >     right, apply, forward, OK, next, yes, answer-call, do-it
> >
> >
> >
> > I just want to point out that the Neo wouldn't be the only phone to put
> > "answer-call" on the left and "reject-call/end" on the right.  I'm
> > pretty sure every phone I've ever had did it that way as well.
> > Definitely the phone I have right now has it that way.  So, for
> > consistency, it makes sense to leave it that way.
> >
> > It also occurs to me that in an OK/Cancel dialog, OK is always on the
> > left.  So again, consistency would suggest leaving it that way.
> >
> > -Steven
> >
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Vincent
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