HeyBub wrote:
Robatoy wrote:

There is always a down-side to marking things 'up-side'. The up-side
is that when marked 'up-side', the downside is that the down-side
isn't marked 'downside' in most cases. That holds true no matter
which side you're on.

Designers should avoid that kind of ambiguity.

"This side toward enemy" is one example of doing it right.

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"Somebody seems to have got the wrong idea about charitable donations -
after they left a land mine in a charity donation box, forcing the
evacuation of a mall in Colorado.

"The rectangular, olive-green box with the words 'Front Toward Enemy' raised
the suspicions of Goodwill workers...

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article...9&in_page_id=2