Comments on: Column Sorting Arrows http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:36:26 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: van http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/comment-page-1/#comment-3436 van Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:16:32 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/#comment-3436 Erik, Good article, and yes we should all care, at least if we're in the business of creating interfaces. :) Tony Court definitely has it correct... the arrows represent Ascending and Descending - but I like the thought of it as a pyramid with less and more as you described... The arrow is also used, like in the first graphic, to indicate that there is *more ... such as in folders, they only go to the right when the folders are compressed (or closed) and then when pointing down, open to show the list. Cheers, Van Erik,

Good article, and yes we should all care, at least if we’re in the business of creating interfaces. :)

Tony Court definitely has it correct… the arrows represent Ascending and Descending – but I like the thought of it as a pyramid with less and more as you described…

The arrow is also used, like in the first graphic, to indicate that there is *more … such as in folders, they only go to the right when the folders are compressed (or closed) and then when pointing down, open to show the list.

Cheers,
Van

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 Erik R. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:20:38 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/#comment-1926 Tony, that makes sense to me. If the smaller end is at the top, then the smaller numbers should be at the top. And vice versa. iTunes does it the standardized Apple way, which is the version I prefer. Tony, that makes sense to me. If the smaller end is at the top, then the smaller numbers should be at the top. And vice versa. iTunes does it the standardized Apple way, which is the version I prefer.

]]> By: Tony Court http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Tony Court Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:53:30 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/#comment-1925 It is even trickier in iTunes (titles, no #), but here is the logic. Arrow pointing up :ascending order (A-Z or 1-9) Arrow pointing down :descending order (Z-A or 9-1) It is even trickier in iTunes (titles, no #), but here is the logic.

Arrow pointing up :ascending order (A-Z or 1-9)
Arrow pointing down :descending order (Z-A or 9-1)

]]> By: Paul http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Paul Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:21:03 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/#comment-102 Well, today was my first day noticing, as I sorted directories by date or by file name, whether the triangles were pointing up or down. Well, today was my first day noticing, as I sorted directories by date or by file name, whether the triangles were pointing up or down.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Betsy Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:25:38 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/13/column-sorting-arrows/#comment-101 Since it was one of the choices, I don't really care :~) Since it was one of the choices, I don’t really care :~)

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