From: Kevin Ballard Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:45:31 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-add.txt: Order options alphabetically Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87vd3dt9c3.fsf@picasso.cante.net> On Dec 1, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Jari Aalto wrote: > 2010-12-02 00:04 Kevin Ballard : >> On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Jari Aalto wrote: >> Comprehension and ease-of-readability are far more important than visual >> aesthetics. > > You can't take that out of equation. The people that read Western > languages, read A-Z. It's built in how we comprehend from start of > school education. I don't understand what you mean. People search A-Z. They don't read A-Z. When you have tools to do the searching for you, A-Z ordering no longer becomes useful. In an index, sure, as those are intended for scanning by human eyes, but as actual documentation it serves no purpose. -Kevin Ballard