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From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:28:10 +0000
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Shall we fix the use of Up/Dn arrows?
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> 1. We use Lf/Rt arrows to move the cursor, don't we? Then use Up/Dn to do
> the same kind of task is symmetric, and thus more reasonable.

you're assuming the task is symmetric; perhaps left/right and up/down
aren't analogous, because x movement in a fixed y (left/right) is not the same
as y movement for varying x (up/down without fixed-length lines).