>>> Ok, somehow this slipped under the radar on me during >>> my first reading. -1, as I prefer next, as in, the *next* >>> document in a chain of documents. > >> "No matter which direction you head in, no matter which way the chain is >> sorted, the next document is always "next", so that's not a useful >> distinction IMHO. " > > You said that to me about next and previous for app:collection when I > requested the value 'next' be changed to 'previous' to be consistent > with the notion of elements existing earlier in time.
> What's different here? Nothing. I should have been more clear back then that I was +1 on 'previous'... my point was directed at Joe (not you), and that his line of argument (in favour of 'next') was not persuasive and so if he wanted 'next' then he'd better try another line of argument. As then as now, I'm still +1 on 'previous' for going backwards. e.