[DanitaBaires]

"Older" and "Newer" don't really seem to work that well with blogs. Usually the default page has the post sorted by most recent (top) to least recent (bottom). When you reach the bottom of the page, the post you have is not the most recent. Now, what do "Older" and "Newer" mean in this context? Because, "newer" than the post I'm currently at are too the posts that are above it. It introduces a tiny moment of hesitation trying to decipher which link takes me to "the next page of posts".

Also, we occidentals seem to place "past" and "future" in left and right, which would match "older" and "newer" in location. But we're also used in the web that a link that goes "back" usually means "back from where I come from", which if you're reading the first page of posts doesn't make much sense.

EDIT: Grammar, because English is not my first language :)

[gkya]

Why ever put a "newer" or "next" link on the front page?

How do you conclude that we occidentals seem to place "past" and "future" in left and right?

[DanitaBaires]

I've read about it a long time ago, but I just found this paper: http://www.ugr.es/~santiago/Santiago-LeftRightTimeMetaphor-2...

EDIT: also the design of browser fwd/back buttons or VCR and tape recorder buttons seem to honor this theory.