On 18.03.2009 23:02, Paul Louden wrote:
Al Le wrote:
Well, we're currently using an "existing" algorithm. One that *may*
be used in other FLOSS (I don't know, and haven't investigated). To
me, the two sides of the argument are basically "do we want to use it
as-is, such that our sorted lists look the same as lists in other
applications, or do we want to define our own rules for 'natural'
list sorting?"
I'd opt for the latter, because it's easy to understand.
"It sorts in this strange way we've made up" is easier to understand
than "It sorts like Nautilus, FileBrowserX and FileBrowserY which you
may already use?"
Yes, it's easier because it's a simple rule. If the browsers use a
complicated logic (which may change with a release) how would you
describe this for Rockbox? "It does it like BrowserX"? The next question
would be then "and how does BrowserX do it"? I'd rather have an
"absolute" than a "relative" definition.
