UI anti-pattern: Cross Column Alpha Sort

The human eye is trained to follow edges. In the case of a list such as this, the eye’s natural inclination is to move from top to bottom along the column of icons, not left to right across jagged gaps between columns. Splitting the first 4 in the sort across 4 columns is highly illegible.

 

Shame on you, Microsoft. You should know better.

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