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I just realized why I'm always so confused when I see these links at the bottom of journal pages:
" Previous 20 | Next 20 "
or even
" << Previous 20 | Next 20 >> "
I'm never sure which link goes to the journal entries further back in time versus forward in time. "Previous" seems like it could mean the more recent ones I just read and "Next" could mean the next ones I haven't read yet but want to. Or "Previous" could mean further back in time and "Next" could mean forward in time.
The difficulty is because I visualize the older entries being on the right side.
That's opposite from how I visualize numbers on a number line, so I don't know why I visualize entries that way. But realizing that, I finally understand which way the links are supposed to go!
Now let's see if I can remember it.
.
Later: Ok wait. So I need to click the link on the left to go to the entries on the right. Yes, that is it.
I just realized why I'm always so confused when I see these links at the bottom of journal pages:
" Previous 20 | Next 20 "
or even
" << Previous 20 | Next 20 >> "
I'm never sure which link goes to the journal entries further back in time versus forward in time. "Previous" seems like it could mean the more recent ones I just read and "Next" could mean the next ones I haven't read yet but want to. Or "Previous" could mean further back in time and "Next" could mean forward in time.
The difficulty is because I visualize the older entries being on the right side.
That's opposite from how I visualize numbers on a number line, so I don't know why I visualize entries that way. But realizing that, I finally understand which way the links are supposed to go!
Now let's see if I can remember it.
.
Later: Ok wait. So I need to click the link on the left to go to the entries on the right. Yes, that is it.