Axis of time: up/down rather than right/left?

[Benjamin M. Schwartz]

On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 15:21 -0600, Jameson "Chema" Quinn wrote:
> The problem with left/right is that it is biased towards LTR languages
> (or it requires extra L10N work), and it inevitably inconsistent with
> the up/down axis necessary for lists. 

When running in an Arabic locale (or other RTL locale) the sense of the
entire UI is automatically reversed around the vertical axis.  This
behavior is built into GTK, and Sugar has been made consistent with it.
Everything from the forward-back buttons in the browser to the list of
Activity launch icons is reversed.  Try it.

(This does not address your other suggestions.)

--Ben