A video game controller, with face buttons on the left and directional control on the right
@Felthry Between https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravis_PC_GamePad and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Lynx I feel that we had such wonderful things right in front of us.
@ElectricKeet But both of those have the face buttons on the right! Or are they intended to be held upside down?
@ElectricKeet Oh, interesting!
The original post was actually intended as a sort of subtly-_wrong_ thing, just something that, while perfectly easy to imagine, just seems to go against everything one is accustomed to.
Apparently, this is something someone actually made, though!
@Felthry Left-handed mice and trackballs are a real thing, too! I still have the bad habit of referring to an alt‑click as a right‑click and such, though.
I'm a righty, but I've always been fascinated by the fact that something like a quarter of folks are naturally left-handed but we still casually favour right-handedness in design all over the place.
@ElectricKeet Hasn't the proportion of left-handed people been increasing? Or is it just that there's no longer any stigma against left-handedness?
@Felthry Both of those have switches that let one hold them "upside down" and use them normally without further adjustment.