As a southpaw myself, the arrival of Left-Handers Day on August 13 every year is a cause for celebration. At least in the tiny office where I spend my days. Here, however, I am free from the tyranny of right-handed designers (and nightmarish, righty-designed college desks).
Take Google, for example. I love my Google Android phone (the MyTouch 3G) but it has one fatal flaw: in landscape mode, the display refuses to flip. I’m stuck navigating with my inferior right hand. (Curse you, right hand, and your inferior dexterity!) Do no evil, eh, Google? Lies!
Apple, however, is a bastion of creativity and intelligence, long the domain of the 8 to 10 percent of us blessed with a dominant left hand. Unsurprisingly, my wife’s iPod nano easily flips back and forth, depending on the orientation, and allows me to click through with impunity. This, clearly, is why Apple controls the market for MP3 players.
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