Habits, UI changes, and OS stagnation

Re:Habits, UI changes, and OS stagnation by Someone on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:29PM (#27913470)

We’re way of from the subject at hand, but driving at the left is not that rare. A couple of former British colonies drive at the left, too (e.g. Australia, India, and South Africa) plus a few countries such as Indonesia, Suriname and Thailand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic)

I guess that’s 15% to 20% of the world’s population.

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Re:Habits, UI changes, and OS stagnation by webmobdev on Friday July 23, 2021 @12:17PM (#27932397)

My point was that sometimes these decisions are made for other reasons than safety or practicality. Just as Windows OS keeps it window control on the top-right corner while macOS chooses to keep it on the top-left corner. Driving left or right seems to be more of a political decision (when Americans fought the British) just as the UI choices on Windows and macOS sometimes seem to be just to differentiate their product and make it difficult for the users to easily migrate to the other platform.

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Re:Habits, UI changes, and OS stagnation by perryizgr8 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @03:23AM (#27916366)

India alone is ~15% of the world's population, and we drive on the left. Although the number of drivers may be significantly less as a percentage.

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