A question...

[mixedgas]

Anybody know why the animated XP search puppy turns the book pages backwards? Is he Muslim or Hebrew? Ok, I know those faiths read right to left, but do the books start at the back????

Steve

[flecom]

[Laserman532]

as you will notice when performing a search it starts with your most recent documents in the most recent hard drive recently accessed.





































But then again...i could be full of shit

[mixedgas]

WTF am I talking about?

This, and the default is a animated golden retriever of sorts...

http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_search.htm

Steve

[flecom]

if your using the latest version of XP it (the dog, not the rest of the windowing system) should look like this...

[Laser Ben]

Steve, the way they turn the pages has nothing to do with the religion. It has to do with the language. They have books oriented the same way in Japan, and a few other Asian countries.

[Laserman532]

Steve, the way they turn the pages has nothing to do with the religion. It has to do with the language. They have books oriented the same way in Japan, and a few other Asian countries.

LOLOLOL hahaha WTF does that have to do with it ben...hahaha jeeeezzzz

[flecom]

last time I checked Microsoft was in Washington... which is part of the USA... dunno, could be just me

[shrad]

I bet they analogized the fact that when you are quick-searching a book, you rapidly browse pages with your thumb in a reverse manner by bending the side of the book and letting pages flow quickly, then you open it when something hits your eye...

could be wrong, but that's the closest possibility I see which stays ethnically compatible

[buffo]

LOLOLOL hahaha WTF does that have to do with it ben...hahaha jeeeezzzz

It has everything to do with it, Pat.

Steve raised the question, "Is he Muslim or Hebrew" in his initial post:

Anybody know why the animated XP search puppy turns the book pages backwards? Is he Muslim or Hebrew? Ok, I know those faiths read right to left, but do the books start at the back????

So Ben answered that it wasn't the religion but the language that made the difference:

Steve, the way they turn the pages has nothing to do with the religion. It has to do with the language. They have books oriented the same way in Japan, and a few other Asian countries.

I see his answer as being both topical and completely appropriate (not to mention 100% correct).

As to the larger issue of why the graphic works that way, I have no idea.

Adam