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A comment on Thinking on Paper – a collection of building blocks.

Re:Thinking on Paper – a collection of building blocks by logicalmonster on Saturday October 01, 2022 @09:59AM (#33046625)
Is there any particular reason based on this system to go 1-2-3 vertically instead of horizontally? I was a bit confused until I noticed the box numbers in the upper-right corners. In many languages, we read left-to-right, so I expected to see the the next block to the right of the first one.
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Re:Thinking on Paper – a collection of building blocks by thomasteepe on Saturday October 01, 2022 @10:48AM (#33046984)
For me, it's a natural consequence of filling a box line-wise vertically from top to bottom. If you want to use the sheet layout variant with 3 columns and boxes of variable height rather than a fixed 3x3 layout, the vertical scheme seems again more natural.

But whoever feels more comfortable with a horizontal scheme should do so.

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