Guidance on sort order arrow direction is opposite of prevailing convention (Bugzilla bug 305277)
Braden [reporter] [developer] 2005-05-24 05:31:37 UTC https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305277
The guidance on the direction of the sort order indicator arrow for lists is opposite the prevailing convention on Windows and Mac OS. On those systems, an arrow pointing up means "ascending order" and an arrow pointing down means "descending order".
Given the number of fielded applications for those platforms and the number of GNOME users who may be coming from those platforms, GNOME should strive for parity with the prevailing convention for this visual cue.