Which Way is Back on the Web?
I've seen sites using "Previous" links with arrows in both directions. Most of the time, they are pointing to the right. This seems wrong to me, because it mis-matches with the browser directional buttons. On the other hand, it matches the natural "turn to the next page" direction of a book.
On the other-other hand, this seems counter intuitive, if you consider that the first page of a blog is really the "last" or "latest" page of the "book" if you will, so going "right" to go "back" seems backwards to me...
I used to have my "Previous" link pointing left, now it's pointing right - mostly because I'm trying it differently after having seen it that way on so many sites. I don't really prefer it this way.
Which seems more logical to readers?
Note: obviously my comments here about page and language direction are for reading left to right - page turning right to left - languages, like English.
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