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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    [KDE Usability] Re: Default search order (by date)
From:       Luciano Montanaro <mikelima () cirulla ! net>
Date:       2010-12-11 0:31:57
Message-ID: AANLkTikncf9jCo-5SdmJF522nJECu9odxPAxOfRpG88t () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Sven Burmeister
<sven.burmeister@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Is there a reason that sorting by date defaults to show the most recent files/items \
> at the bottom of a list? 
> I observed some other people and for me it's the same that if I use "sort by date" \
> I do it because I am looking for the most recent and not the oldest items. Thus \
> sorting should default to "newest items first". This saves scrolling/clicking on \
> the column header again.

I do not know the original reasoning, but I prefer recent files to be
at the bottom, since directories are sorted first, since generally I
am interested in the last or next to last file created, I just go to
the bottom of the list, it is faster than finding the first
non-directory entry. It may be a trick, but it works for me.

Luciano


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