If I could flip a switch and change this one aspect of modern life, I’d be willing to re-learn all my old reading/writing habits. It just makes more sense to “build” ideas upward.

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    11 months ago

    It’s top down for same reason things are generally left to righ. In the days of ink and paper, you’d end up with a smeared mess - ask a lefty what a pain in the ass that is.

    Less of an issue nowadays of course. Still the very idea is a bit nails on a chalkboard to me, but I’m old and wondering if it’s a generational thing. Maybe you feel like this since many interfaces push text entry to the bottom?

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      11 months ago

      Less of an issue nowadays of course.

      Less of an issue, for sure - but not gone entirely. As someone who takes a lot of “manual” notes with pen&paper, I would still regularily end up with a smeared mess and dirty arms by writing bottom-to-top.

      Besides, I don’t really see an advantage over writing top-to-bottom. Even the OP only states personal preference / aesthetics as a reason, but no practical use that would make it better than the current version.