Neat concept, although the organization of items in a temporal fashion is different from culture to culture. Dr Alice Gaby speaks a little about this in episode 41 of The BrainScience Podcast (http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2008/07/bs41-alice...).
For instance, given a series of photos of a baby, a young boy, a man, and an elderly gentleman, Western cultures would normally place these items from left to right then top to bottom. Chinese cultures might place them from top to bottom first and Israelis might place them from right to left.
She also speaks of an aboriginal tribe that has no concept of left or right. Whereas you or I might say, "Would you please pass the salt to your left" they might say, "Would you please pass the salt north. She speaks of the above experiment being performed with people from this tribe. Not all, but a statistically significant number put the temporal or from East to West (sunrise to sunset).
So while interesting there are always surprising items to consider when writing your software. Know your user, for he is not thee. ~David Platt
For instance, given a series of photos of a baby, a young boy, a man, and an elderly gentleman, Western cultures would normally place these items from left to right then top to bottom. Chinese cultures might place them from top to bottom first and Israelis might place them from right to left.
She also speaks of an aboriginal tribe that has no concept of left or right. Whereas you or I might say, "Would you please pass the salt to your left" they might say, "Would you please pass the salt north. She speaks of the above experiment being performed with people from this tribe. Not all, but a statistically significant number put the temporal or from East to West (sunrise to sunset).
So while interesting there are always surprising items to consider when writing your software. Know your user, for he is not thee. ~David Platt