I figured with Bill Gates being left-handed this would have been something looked at. I can wait until LongHorn...just wondered if it had been looked at.

I appreciate all the information provided.





"Chris H." wrote:

> Josh, as Terri has said, and I tried to impart in my response, Microsoft has
> dealt with this issue for years. Bill Gates is left-handed. An example is
> Microsoft can set this up for $50,000 investment for research, development
> and adjustments on its current programs and operating systems.
>
> The other software companies around the world would need to spend millions
> or billions of dollars to revamp/rewrite their software to comply.
>
> Guess what the prudent approach is Microsoft has chosen to take until the
> Longhorn timeframe?
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> "Josh Einstein" <josheinstein********.com> wrote in message
> news:%23IZK4$LVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > In Internet Explorer, click the View Menu -> Encoding -> Right to Left
> > Document.
> >
> > It messes up the way some things look unfortunately, and it has to be set
> > for each page. Web designers can apply this to individual DIV's too which
> > Spencer Goad has done on his web site (www.tabletpcbuzz.com) so if you
> > wanna check that out, go into the profile after you've become a member and
> > change your handedness to left handed.
> >
> > So the ability is technically there. It's just a matter of changing the
> > base controls. I can't forsee any major impact this would have on existing
> > applications so if it's a very necessary feature, MS should be able to
> > easily implement it.
> >
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